China to Chinatown
Chinese Food in the West
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2004
256 pages
978-1-86189-618-6 (ISBN)
Description
The history of the Western encounter with Chinese cuisine in China, and the spread of Chinese food to the West in modern times.
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Content
- China to Chinatown Cover
- Imprint Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I:West to East
- One Chinese Food
- Two The Western Discovery of Chinese Food
- Three Nineteenth-century Reactions to Chinese Food
- Four 1900-49: Western Impressions of Chinese Food in China
- Five Westerners and Food in Communist China
- Part II: East to West
- Six The Globalization of Chinese Food - the Early Stages
- Seven The Globalization of Chinese Food since 1945
- Eight On the Globalization of Chinese Food
- References
- Selected Further Reading
- Index
