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Tobias, Steven M. “Early American Cookbooks as Cultural Artifacts.” Papers on Language &Literature 34.1(1998):3.MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. This article was found by searching in the E-Journals Sociological data base in Sociological Abstracts. The search parameters that were used where (cookbook* OR cookery book* AND history). The article gives both a historical and sociological look at cookbooks in America. Cookbooks were predominantly written for woman because their life became part of the maintaining the private life, the homemaking. The first cookery book to be printed in America was acutely a variation of a book previously published in England by Mrs. Smith. The book was changed slightly for the American audience by eliminating receipts cooks could not get ingredients for, and make it smaller therefore more affordable to Americans. The source is okay it does give some interesting thought to social network and how cookbooks and evolved, though it is limited in that is it an example of American life and values. Also I a lot of the general information I already knew.

Dennis, Abigail. "From Apicius to Gastroporn: Form, Function, and Ideology in the History of Cookery Books." Studies in Popular Culture 31.1 (2008): 1-17. Web. 24 Oct. 2010. http://www.pcasacas.org/SiPC/. This article was found by searching in the E-Journals Literature data base in MLA International Bibliography. The search parameters that were used where (cookbook* OR cookery book*).This article gives an overview of cookbooks and how they have transformed over the ages. This is nearly exact to my original thesis, which is creepy, but it pays more attention to the cookbooks in the last 100 years that I have yet to research. This is extremely useful in that it supports my ideas I have all right formulated about the topic

"Cookery." Microsoft® Encarta® 2006 [CD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2005. The article mentions that cookery books have been dated to the time of the first Confucian time. The earliest in the west was during the Roman empire in the 1st century AD, though the author and book are unknown the oldest English surviving book in The Forme of Cury written in the late 14th century. This is good information as a background; I am starting my research observations and comparisons about the time form the 13th century to avoid gapes time and look and cookbooks as they are more consistent in society.

"Industrial Revolution" World Encyclopedia. Philip's, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Washington State University. 24 October 2010

http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t142.e5741. This article gives a brief overview of the Industrial Revolution, it began in Britain in the 18th century and moved to other country such as France, Germany and America in the 1870’s. It was a time when nations changed socially and economically from agriculture sociality to industrial. This changed brought about the social statue of the working class. This is very useful background because I was unsure exactly when the Industrial revolution was. Also knowing this was the time when the working class appeared is very interesting relating it to my topic.