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Yong Chen Chop Suey, USA (Paperback) (US IMPORT)
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- Condition
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- Book Title
- Chop Suey, USA
- Title
- Chop Suey, USA
- Subtitle
- The Story of Chinese Food in America
- ISBN-10
- 0231168934
- EAN
- 9780231168939
- ISBN
- 9780231168939
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Society & Culture
- Release Date
- 16/11/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 152mm
- Series
- Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary Histor
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Chop Suey, USA: the Story of Chinese Food in America
- Item Height
- 229 mm
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Item Width
- 152 mm
- Subject
- History
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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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 in taste but also a growing appetite for a more leisurely lifestyle. Americans fell in love with Chinese food not because of its gastronomic excellence but because of its affordability and convenience, which is why they preferred the quick and simple dishes of China while shunning its haute cuisine. Epitomized by chop suey, American Chinese food was a forerunner of McDonald's, democratizing the once-exclusive dining-out experience for such groups as marginalized Anglos, African Americans, and Jews. The rise of Chinese food is also a classic American story of immigrant entrepreneurship and perseverance. Barred from many occupations, Chinese Americans successfully turned Chinese food from a despised cuisine into a dominant force in the restaurant market, creating a critical lifeline for their community. Chinese American restaurant workers developed the concept of the open kitchen and popularized the practice of home delivery. They streamlined certain Chinese dishes, such as chop suey and egg foo young, turning them into nationally recognized brand names.
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Columbia University Press
ISBN-13
9780231168939
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5049032457
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Chop Suey, USA: the Story of Chinese Food in America
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Series Title
Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
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