| List of Illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Note to Readers | ||
| Introduction | ||
| The Family Tree | p. 1 | |
| Of Bagels and Kings | p. 20 | |
| Rituals, Rhymes and Revolutions: How the Bagel Lost its Worth but Kept its Value | p. 44 | |
| Bagel Polemics in an Independent Poland | p. 69 | |
| Boiling Over: The Immigrant Bagel and the Struggle for Workers' Rights | p. 96 | |
| 'Kings of the Line': The Story of Bagel Bakers' Union Local No. 338 | p. 120 | |
| The 'Bagelising' of America | p. 148 | |
| Postscript | p. 180 | |
| Notes | p. 196 | |
| Further Reading | p. 206 | |
| Index | p. 211 |