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BL
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990880
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b745250
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| Main Entry
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Gabaccia, Donna R.,1949-
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| Title & Author
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We are what we eat : : ethnic food and the making of Americans /\ Donna R. Gabaccia ; [illustrations by Susan Keller].
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 1998.
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278 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0674001907
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: 0674948602
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: 9780674001909
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: 9780674948600
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: What do we eat? -- Colonial creoles -- Immigration, isolation, and industry -- Ethnic entrepreneurs -- Crossing the boundaries of taste -- Food fights and American values -- The big business of eating -- Of cookbooks and culinary roots -- Nouvelle creole -- Conclusion: Who are we?
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| Abstract
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Ghulam Bombaywala sells bagels in Houston. Demetrios dishes up pizza in Connecticut. The Wangs serve tacos in L.A. How ethnicity has influenced American eating habits - and thus, the make-up and direction of the American cultural mainstream - is the story told in We Are What We Eat. It is a complex tale of ethnic mingling and borrowing, entrepreneurship and connoisseurship, of food as a social and political symbol and weapon - and a thoroughly entertaining history of our culinary tradition of multiculturalism.
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We Are What We Eat follows the fortunes of dozens of enterprising immigrant cooks and grocers, street hawkers and restaurateurs who have cultivated and changed the tastes of native-born Americans from the seventeenth century to the present. The book draws a surprisingly peaceful picture of American ethnic relations, in which "Americanized" foods like Spaghetti-Os happily coexist with painstakingly pure ethnic dishes and creative hybrids.
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University of South Alabama
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Ethnic attitudes-- United States.
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Ethnic food industry-- United States.
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Food habits-- United States.
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Feeding Behavior-- history
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Attitudes ethniques-- États-Unis.
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Cuisine ethnique-- États-Unis.
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Habitudes alimentaires-- États-Unis.
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Attitudes ethniques-- États-Unis.
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Ernährungsgewohnheit
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Ethnic attitudes-- United States.
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Ethnic attitudes.
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Ethnic food industry-- United States.
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Ethnic food industry.
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Ethnicity-- United States.
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Ethnische Identität
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Ethnizität
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Food habits-- United States.
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Food habits.
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Habitudes alimentaires-- États-Unis.
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Lebensmittelindustrie
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Manners and customs.
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Moeurs et coutumes-- Alimentation.
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Etnische groepen.
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Voedingsgewoonten.
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United States, Social life and customs.
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États-Unis, Mœurs et coutumes.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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394.1/2/0973
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| LC Classification
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GT2853.U5G33 1998
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394.12 G112w
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71.55bcl
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HD 375rvk
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LC 17610rvk
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