Refined Tastes
Wendy A. Woloson · 2002
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About the book
"American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being a precious luxury good to a ubiquitous necessity. Sugar became a social marker that established and reinforced class and gender differences."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN
- 9780801868764
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