Chow Chop Suey - Food and the Chinese American Journey

Informationen zum Autor Anne Mendelson Klappentext A food history that illuminates a community¿s struggle for survival. Zusammenfassung A food history that illuminates a community’s struggle for survival. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments A Note on Romanization and Terminology Introduction Prologue: A Stroke of the Pen Part I 1. Origins: The Toisan–California Pipeline 2. The Culinary "Language" Barrier 3. "Celestials" on Gold Mountain 4. The Road to Chinatown Part II 5. The Birth of Chinese American Cuisine 6. Change, Interchange, and the First Successful "Translators" 7. White America Rediscovers Chinese Cuisine 8. An Advancement of Learning 9. The First Age of Race-Blind Immigration Postscript: What Might Have Been Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Anne Mendelson, Mendelson Anne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780231158602
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15860-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History; Arts and Traditions of the Tab; Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > International cuisine; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Black & Asian Studies, Cultural studies: food and society, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Cooking history