{"id":1019,"date":"2021-11-04T03:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2021-11-04T03:01:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:01:58","slug":"the-gilded-age-and-the-open-door-policy-the-united-states-in-1899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/2021\/11\/04\/the-gilded-age-and-the-open-door-policy-the-united-states-in-1899\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gilded Age and the Open Door Policy: The United States in 1899"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the cookbook, The American Salad Book<\/em> by Maximilian\u00a0DeLoup, there is an obvious nationalistic and triumphant tone of the United States and American culinary cuisine, As seen in the first page of the cook,\u00a0DeLoup\u00a0announces “By far the best recipes are those that have originated in the United States and, almost without exception, they are alike inexpensive, elegant and healthy” (DeLoup\u00a05).\u00a0DeLoup\u00a0is putting the United States on a\u00a0pedestal,\u00a0and this is due to the country’s international standing at the time. In the year 1899, the Spanish-American War had ended and, due to the contents of the treaty, the United States was given the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as spoils of the war. The United States had improved its political power by gaining territories, but during this time the United States made great leaps in infrastructure and discovered many natural resources. While the Gilded Age exploited many resources and individuals, it was an approach that, while negatively, improved the United States economic and social standing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another essential historical fact that occurred during 1899 was the Open-Door Policy. This American foreign policy basically stated that all countries stated in the policy, especially the United States, would be able to have access to all Chinese trade ports and manage trade in China. This exploitative policy also assisted the United States in becoming wealthier\u00a0and\u00a0increased its control in Asia, reinforcing its position as a world power. Due to the United States’ ownership of countries like Puerto Rico and its attraction of individuals of all races and ethnicities, there is\u00a0an\u00a0exposure to a variety of cultural cuisines, they did not get the forefront in this cookbook, and probably others as well. In The American Salad Book<\/em>, there is a section titled, “Miscellaneous Salads” which includes recipes like German salad, Russian salad, Dutch Salad, Japanese salad, Italian salad, Spanish salad, etc. The prideful; tone that this cookbook which highlights American excellence and the purposeful decision to put cultural salad recipes, except for French cuisine, which was internationally renowned, in a section named “Miscellaneous Salads” reveals the impacts that the time period on one’s perspectives. The lack of discourse surrounding cultural cuisine and the nationalistic views towards the United States could have an influence on the history of food and cooking in the United States.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gilded Age.” Scholastic, https:\/\/scholastic.com\/teachers\/articles\/teaching-content\/gilded age.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Open Door Policy”.\u00a0<\/span>Encyclopedia Britannica<\/span><\/i>, 19 February 2020, https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Open-Door-policy<\/span><\/p>\n

De Loup, Maximilliam.\u00a0<\/span>The American Salad Book<\/span><\/i>. G. R. Knapp, 1899.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the cookbook, The American Salad Book by Maximilian\u00a0DeLoup, there is an obvious nationalistic and triumphant tone of the United States and American culinary cuisine, As seen in the first page of the cook,\u00a0DeLoup\u00a0announces “By far the best recipes are those that have originated in the United States and, almost without exception, they are alike … Continue reading The Gilded Age and the Open Door Policy: The United States in 1899<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4771,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145909],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}