Ordering Off Western Canada’s Menu: Public Dining in Alberta, 1880s-1920s

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dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, David Brian
dc.contributor.authorKvill, Kesia
dc.contributor.committeememberJameson, Betsy
dc.contributor.committeememberElliott, Charlene
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-15T17:14:44Z
dc.date.available2016-09-15T17:14:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThis work examines the history of public dining and restaurants in Alberta from the late 1880s to the 1920s by using food and experiences in public dining to explore the changing and complex spectrum of Western Canadian identity. Menus, newspaper advertisements, and business directories are utilized to piece together the development of cafés, restaurants, and dining rooms in the West. These sources suggest that the public dining industry was a challenging one that was influenced heavily by the prevailing assumptions of race, class, and gender. Seen as cultural institutions, public dining establishments were part of the region’s attempts to prove its modernity, sophistication, and respectability. Ultimately, the food available on menus suggests that Western Canadians found their identity through connections with the British Empire, the rest of Canada, and their own past and through their cultural equality with their Eastern counterparts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKvill, K. (2016). Ordering Off Western Canada’s Menu: Public Dining in Alberta, 1880s-1920s (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27222en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3301
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectHistory--Canadian
dc.subject.classificationFooden_US
dc.subject.classificationWestern Canadaen_US
dc.subject.classificationRestaurantsen_US
dc.subject.classificationDiningen_US
dc.subject.classificationGenderen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanadian Pacific Railwayen_US
dc.subject.classificationTourismen_US
dc.subject.classificationBusinessen_US
dc.subject.classificationCommunityen_US
dc.subject.classificationCultureen_US
dc.subject.classificationIdentityen_US
dc.titleOrdering Off Western Canada’s Menu: Public Dining in Alberta, 1880s-1920s
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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