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The donut : a Canadian history

Title: The donut : a Canadian history / Steve Penfold.
Author: Penfold, Steven, 1966-
Publication: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.

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Description

xi, 256 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"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.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

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

9780802097972
0802097979
9780802095459
0802095453

LCCN

2008360730

OCLC

ocn166687872
166687872
SCSB-13600999

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Princeton University Library