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We are what we eat : ethnic food and the making of Americans Donna R. Gabaccia ; [illustrations by Susan Keller]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GT2853.U5 G33 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabaccia, Donna R., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic food industry--United States.
- Ethnic food industry.
- Ethnic attitudes--United States.
- Ethnic attitudes.
- Americans--Food.
- Cookery, American.
- Food habits--United States.
- Food industry and trade--United States.
- Pluralism (Social sciences)--United States.
- Food habits.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Americans--Food.
- Cookery, American.
- Food habits--United States.
- Ethnic attitudes--United States.
- Ethnic food industry--United States.
- Food industry and trade--United States.
- Pluralism (Social sciences)--United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
- Contents:
- 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?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-267) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0674948602
- OCLC:
- 38150283
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