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Valerie Imbruce - From Farm to Canal Street - 9780801454042 - V9780801454042
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From Farm to Canal Street

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Description for From Farm to Canal Street hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 32, 12 black & white halftones, 13 tables, 7 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.

On the sidewalks of Manhattan's Chinatown, you can find street vendors and greengrocers selling bright red litchis in the summer and mustard greens and bok choy no matter the season. The neighborhood supplies more than two hundred distinct varieties of fruits and vegetables that find their way onto the tables of immigrants and other New Yorkers from many walks of life. Chinatown may seem to be a unique ethnic enclave, but it is by no means isolated. It has been shaped by free trade and by American immigration policies that characterize global economic integration. In From Farm to Canal Street, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801454042
SKU
V9780801454042
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Valerie Imbruce
Valerie Imbruce is Grant Writer for Strategic Research Initiatives at Binghamton University–The State University of New York.

Reviews for From Farm to Canal Street
Instructors of courses in food systems: this book belongs in your syllabus. It is essential reading for anyone interested in who produces food for urban areas and how it gets into cities.
Marion Nestle
Food Politics
Unlike the majority of local food literature that mostly advocates farmers' markets, community-supported agriculture, and Co-op stores, Imbruce boldly chooses Chinatown's ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for From Farm to Canal Street


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