Taking tea in the parlour: middle-class formation and gender construction in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1760-1850

Doctoral thesis English OPEN
Poole, Ann Judith;
(2007)
  • Subject:
    mesheuropmc: food and beverages
Knowledge of tea etiquette was a significant marker of middle-class gentility and contributed to middle-class formation and gender construction in colonial Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Early middle-class settlers brought tea ware and employed the tea ritual to set sta... View more
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