John Pearce and the rise of the mass food market in London, 1870-1930 /
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| Author / Creator: | Gutzke, David W., 1949- author. |
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| Imprint: | Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( XV, 257 pages. 21 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12318903 |
| Summary: | At the center of sweeping change to food retailing practices in Victorian and Edwardian England lies one man: John Pearce. An innovative businessman and a quintessential rags-to-riches success story, Pearce was at the forefront of the rise of the mass food market in London. With his catering company Pearce & Plenty, he fed millions of workers who wanted fast, nutritious, and tasty food. David W. Gutzke mines a wide range of primary sources to offer a portrait of a pivotal figure in London and a leader of the temperance catering movement who had "done more than can be readily recognised to render London a sober city." By studying Pearce's companies as well as those of his competitors, this book documents a half century of changing consumption habits in London. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( XV, 257 pages. 21 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783030270957 3030270955 9783030270940 |
