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Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America
Yong Chen
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Description for Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese food, revealing the forces that made it ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape and turned the country into an empire of consumption. Engineered by a politically disenfranchised, numerically small, and economically exploited group, Chinese food's tour de America is an epic story of global cultural encounter. It reflects not only changes ... Read more
American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese food, revealing the forces that made it ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape and turned the country into an empire of consumption. Engineered by a politically disenfranchised, numerically small, and economically exploited group, Chinese food's tour de America is an epic story of global cultural encounter. It reflects not only changes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231168922
SKU
V9780231168922
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About Yong Chen
Yong Chen, raised by his food-loving mother in China, is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, and served as the institution's associate dean of graduate studies. Among his numerous publications are Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. He co-curated a museum exhibit on the history of Chinese restaurants in the United States, and his commentaries on ... Read more
Reviews for Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America
Well organized and breathtakingly broad in its geographic scope, Chop Suey, USA is an utterly original and significant contribution to the field. Yong Chen has done a superb job. No one has attempted anything like this.
Hasia Diner, New York University A thoroughly researched, highly readable account of the development of Chinese American food, this book fills important gaps ... Read more
Hasia Diner, New York University A thoroughly researched, highly readable account of the development of Chinese American food, this book fills important gaps ... Read more