Department Store History Books
The World of Department Stores
A round-the-world tour of major department stores from their 19th-century origins to their continual reinventions in the 21st. Emphasizing the well known stores of France and less well known examples in Germany.
Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class
An examination of the buildings, people, merchandise, show windows, parades, and hoopla that made the big-city American department store so memorable.
Tea Room History Book
Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn: A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America
From Greenwich Village and the New England roadside of the 1920s to the Gypsy tea rooms of the Depression, running small tea rooms provided a new occupation for women.
Essay in Magazine
"Quick Lunch"
Gastronomica article on the country's first fast food eateries which got their start in the 1880s.
Essay in Book
"Domesticating the Restaurant"
Explores women's impact on the 20th century restaurant industry (UMass Press).
