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(0)Haiming Liu
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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The story of Chinese Americans through the lens of food. From Canton Restaurant in 1849 to Panda Express today, Chinese food history in America spans over 150 years. Chinese 'Forty-niners' were mostly merchants and restaurateurs who migrated here not to dig gold but to do trade. Racism against the Chinese slowed down the growth of the Chinese restaurant business in the late 19th century, but it made a rebound in the format of chop suey. From 1900...
Author
Publisher
SCPG
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Chinese decorating art, in myriad mediabronze, ceramics, silk, embroidery, lacquer, jade, enamel, gold, and silverand of carving and sculpture, is an ageless tradition of exquisite craftsmanship. Its evolution since ancient times was driven not only by the expanding use of materials available, but advances in technology.
