Refined tastes : sugar, confectionery, and consumers in nineteenth-century America
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Refined tastes : sugar, confectionery, and consumers in nineteenth-century America
（The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, 120th ser）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
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. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Woloson explains, the social elite saw expensive sugar and sweet confections as symbols of their wealth. As refined sugar became more affordable and accessible, new confections-children's candy, ice cream, and wedding cakes-made their way into American culture, acquiring a broad array of social meanings. Originally signifying male economic prowess, sugar eventually became associated with femininity and women's consumerism. Woloson's work offers a vivid account of this social transformation-along with the emergence of consumer culture in America.
目次
Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Refining Tastes ONE Sugarcoating History: The Rise of Sweets TWO Sweet Youth: Children and Candy THREE Cold Comforts: Ice Cream FOUR Sinfully Sweet: Chocolates and Bonbons FIVE The Icing on the Cake: Ornamental Sugar Work SIX Home Sweet Home CONCLUSION: The Sweet Surrender Postscript: The Sweet and Low Down Notes Essay on Sources Index
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