Plenty and Want: A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day

By John Burnett

Book Overview

What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the nineteenth century? This classic account of English food habits since the industrial revolution answers these questions and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041500862X
• ISBN13: 9780415008624
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"