Fish and Chips and the British Working Class, 1870-1940
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- Author(s) Walton, John K
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1992
- Pages 196pp; illus
- Publisher Leicester University Press
- Place Published Leicester
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Wide ranging scholarly account by a leading historian of British leisure. Traces the origins of fish and chip eating, setting it in its economic, social and political context; its spread; its sources and methods of supply; recruitment; methods of working; role of women; and the aims and effectiveness of trade organisations. Also deals with significance for diets, lifestyles, living standards, etc. Sections include: importance of the trade; origins, growth and spread; fish friers and other industries; friers and their fortunes; nature of the business; consumers and communities; etc. Also deals with supply industries notably fishing, potato growing, oils production