The Big Oyster: New York in the World. Mark Kurlansky New York in the World - A Molluscular History
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
Mai 2006
Verlag
Jonathan CapeSeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
21.3/15.1/3.7 cm
Gewicht
513 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-224-07433-9
Due to a longstanding belief in the aphrodisiac quality of oysters, they were often associated with prostitution. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City's slums. "The Big Oyster" is the history of the city as told through its celebrated bivalve. It is a gastronomic history revealing four centuries of culinary evolution and food trends in a city that has always been a gastronomic trendsetter. But it is also an economic history, examining the enormous impact of transportation innovations - the Erie Canal, the railroad, and clipper ship - that completely changed urban living and food and also accounted for the growth of a thriving international oyster trade.
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