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The donut : a Canadian history / Steve Penfold.
Author
Penfold, Steven, 1966-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2008], ©2008.
Description
xi, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Doughnuts
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Social aspects
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Canada
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Fast food restaurants
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Social aspects
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Canada
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Fast food restaurants
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Economic aspects
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Canada
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Franchises (Retail trade)
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Canada
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History
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Consumption (Economics)
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Canada
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History
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Canada
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Social conditions
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1945-
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Summary note
"In Canada, the donut is often thought of as the unofficial national food. Donuts are sold at every intersection and rest stop, celebrated in song and story as symbols of Canadian identity, and one chain in particular, Tim Hortons, has become a veritable icon with over 2500 shops across the country. But there is more to the donut than these and other expressions of 'snackfood patriotism' would suggest. In this study, Steve Penfold puts the humble donut in its historical context, examining how one deep-fried confectionary became, not only a mass commodity, but an edible symbol of Canadianness."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-248) and index.
Contents
Introduction: History from the Bottomless Cup
1. Faith, Efficiency, and the Modern Donut: Inventing a Mass Commodity, 1920-1960
2. 'Our New Palace of Donut Pleasure': The Donut Shop and Consumer Culture, 1961-1976
3. 'He Must Give Up Certain Things': Franchising and the Making of the Donut Shop, 1960-1980
4. Expansion and Transformation: Colonizing the Canadian Foodscape, 1974-1999
5. Eddie Shack Was No Tim Horton: Donuts and the Folklore of Mass Culture in Canada, 1974-1999
Conclusion: Commodity and Culture in Postwar Canada.
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ISBN
9780802097972 (bound)
0802097979 (bound)
9780802095459 (pbk.)
0802095453 (pbk.)
OCLC
166687872
Other standard number
40015085169
RCP
C - S
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