China to Chinatown Chinese Food in the West

Name: China to Chinatown Chinese Food in the West
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ISBN: 9781861892270

ISBN-10: 1861892276

ISBN-13: 9781861892270

Edition: 2004

Authors: J. A. G. Roberts

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China to Chinatown tells the story of one of the most notable examples of the globalization of food: the spread of Chinese recipes, ingredients and cooking styles to the Western world. Beginning with the accounts of Marco Polo and Franciscan missionaries, J.A.G. Roberts describes how Westerners’ first impressions of Chinese food were decidedly mixed, with many regarding Chinese eating habits as repugnant. Chinese food was brought back to the West merely as a curiosity.The Western encounter with a wider variety of Chinese cuisine dates from the first half of the 20th century, when Chinese food spread to the West with emigrant communities. The author shows how Chinese cooking has come to be…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 7/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.110
Language: English

J.A.G. Roberts is a lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Huddersfield, and is author of <em China Through Western Eyes</em (3 vols, 1991–6) and <em A History of China</em (1999).



Acknowledgements


Introduction



West to East



Chinese Food



The Western Discovery of Chinese Food



Nineteenth-century Reactions to Chinese Food



1900-49: Western Impressions of Chinese Food in China



Westerners and Food in Communist China



East to West



The Globalization of Chinese Food--the Early Stages



The Globalization of Chinese Food since 1945



On the Globalization of Chinese Food


References


Selected Further Reading


Index