Fish and Chips and the British Working Class, 1870-1940

Fish and chips have been features of working-class life and culture in Britain since the early twentieth century. John K. Walton, a leading scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth century British leisure and life, restores this important industry to its rightful place: at the core of the working-class experience in industrial Britain. He traces the origins of this national food and defines its economic, social, and political contexts, charting its sources and methods of distribution.