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From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express : a history of Chinese food in the United States / Haiming Liu.

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"The story of Chinese Americans through the lens of food. From Canton Restaurant in 1849 to Panda Express today, Chinese food history in America spans over 150 years. Chinese 'Forty-niners' were mostly merchants and restaurateurs who migrated here not to dig gold but to do trade. Raci...

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Main Author: Liu, Haiming, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Series:Asian American studies today.
Subjects:
Chinese restaurants > United States > History.
Chinese Americans > Food > United States > History.
Chinese > Food > United States > History.
Food habits > United States > History.
Cooking, Chinese > History.
United States > Ethnic relations.
United States > Social life and customs.
Chinese Americans > Food.
Chinese > Food.
Chinese restaurants.
Cooking, Chinese.
Ethnic relations.
Food habits.
Manners and customs.
United States.
USA.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Canton Restaurant and Chinese Forty-Niners
  • Flags of yellow silk
  • "Chinamen live on rice"
  • Chop suey and racial America
  • Kung Pao Kosher : American Jews and Chinese food
  • General Tso's chicken made in Taiwan
  • The San Gabriel Valley as a capital of Chinese food
  • Who owns culture?
  • Din Tai Fung as a global dumpling house
  • Conclusion.

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