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American tuna : the rise and fall of an improbable food /
In a lively account of the American tuna industry over the past century, celebrated food writer and scholar Andrew F. Smith relates how tuna went from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming the most commonly consumed fish in the country. In American Tuna, the so-called "chicken of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | California studies in food and culture ;
37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a lively account of the American tuna industry over the past century, celebrated food writer and scholar Andrew F. Smith relates how tuna went from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming the most commonly consumed fish in the country. In American Tuna, the so-called "chicken of the sea" is both the subject and the backdrop for other facets of American history: U.S. foreign policy, immigration and environmental politics, and dietary trends. Smith recounts how tuna became a popular low-cost high-protein food beginning in 1903, when the first can rolled off the assembly line. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520954151 0520954157 1280691549 9781280691546 9786613668486 6613668486 |