Chow Chop Suey : Food and the Chinese American Journey.
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- 9780231541299
- 641.5951
- TX724.5.C5 M376 2016
Intro -- Table of Contents -- 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.
A food history that illuminates a community's struggle for survival.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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