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We are what we eat : ethnic food and the making of Americans /

Ghulam Bombaywala sells bagels in Houston. Demetrios dishes up pizza in Connecticut. The Wangs serve tacos in L.A. How ethnicity has influenced American eating habits - and thus, the make-up and direction of the American cultural mainstream - is the story told in We Are What We Eat. It is a complex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gabaccia, Donna R., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: What Do We Eat? 1. Colonial Creoles 2. Immigration, Isolation, and Industry 3. Ethnic Entrepreneurs 4. Crossing the Boundaries of Taste 5. Food Fights and American Values 6. The Big Business of Eating 7. Of Cookbooks and Culinary Roots 8. Nouvelle Creole Conclusion: Who Are We?