Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn
Subtitle: A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: December 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780312290641
Subjects: Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; Social History; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; History - General History; History; Social life and customs; Tearooms; United States; History: American
First sentence: The emergence of public places to drink afternoon tea and consume light refreshments around the turn of the century brought out high society and advertised to the world that tea was a classy affair, a connotation that would hover around the tea room for years to come.