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Author:

Penfold, Steven, 1966-

Title:

The donut : a Canadian history / Steve Penfold.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Doughnuts--Social aspects--Canada.
Fast food restaurants--Economic aspects--Canada.
Fast food restaurants--Social aspects--Canada.
Franchises (Retail trade)--Canada--History.
Consumption (Economics)--Canada--History.
Canada--Social conditions--1945-
Beignes (Pâtisserie)--Aspect social--Canada.
Restaurants-minute--Aspect économique--Canada.
Restaurants-minute--Aspect social--Canada.
Concessions (Commerce de détail)--Canada--Histoire.
Consommation (Économie politique)--Canada--Histoire.
Canada--Conditions sociales--1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-248) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: History from the bottomless cup -- Faith, efficiency, and the modern donut: inventing a mass commodity, 1920-1960 -- 'Our new palace of donut pleasure': the donut shop and consumer culture, 1961-1976 -- 'He must give up certain things': franchising and the making of the donut shop, 1960-1980 -- Expansion and transformation: colonizing the Canadian foodscape, 1974-1999 -- Eddie Shack was no Tim Horton: donuts and the folklore of mass culture in Canada, 1974-1999 -- Conclusion: Commodity and culture in postwar Canada.

ISBN:

0802095453 (pbk.)
9780802095459 (pbk.)
0802097979 (bound)
9780802097972 (bound)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)166687872

LCCN:

2008360730

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)