The University of Akron IdeaExchange@UAkron The Dr. Gary B. and Pamela S. Williams Honors Honors Research Projects College Fall 2017 The eltM ing Pot: America, Food, and Ethnicity: 1880-1960 Jacob Kaus
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[email protected]. The University of Akron The Melting Pot: America, Food, and Ethnicity: 1880-1960 A Research Paper Submitted to The History Department and Honors College Faculty in Candidacy for the Honors Degree in History Department of History by Jacob Kaus Akron, Ohio September 2017 Contents Illustrations iii Introduction 1 Chapter I. Anglo-American Cuisine before 1880- an Introduction 5 Chapter II. America’s Culinary Melting Pot, 1880-1960 9 Conclusion 32 Bibliography 34 ii Illustrations Figures 1 Lewis Hine, Tenement Family, New York, 1910 2 Raphaelle Peale, Still Life with Steak, 1817 3 Unknown, Lunch at Delmonico’s Restaurant, c.