The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture

by Rebecca L. Spang

Book Overview

Winner of the Louis Gottschalk PrizeWinner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize"Witty and full of fascinating details."--Los Angeles TimesWhy are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674000641
• ISBN13: 9780674000643
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Illuminating and fascinating

This is an eminently readable piece of scholarlship. The information is well-organized, well-expressed, and utterly fascinating. Congratulations to the author. Well done!