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  • Crafting Everyday Food

    Technology, Tradition, and Transformation in Modern East Asia

    by Angela Ki Che Leung, Hallam Stevens, Dr. Victoria Lee, Tatsuya Mitsuda, Dr Shuenn-Der Yu, Jakob Klein, John P. DiMoia ...
    Series series Food in Asia and the Pacific
    Focusing on East Asia from the nineteenth century to the present, Crafting Everyday Food highlights the role of technology in transforming traditional foods into modern ones and in reinventing industrialized foods as heritage foods. The seven expert researchers adopt a unique technological perspective to trace the transformation of traditional fermented foodstuffs typical of the region—kimchi, soy ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

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  • Edible Economics

    A Hungry Economist Explains the World

    by Ha-Joon Chang ...
    A creative and surprising exploration of economics through the lens of the food and global cuisine―from the bestselling author of Economics.For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Myth of Chinese Capitalism

    The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World

    by Dexter Roberts ...
    The "vivid, provocative" untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world's largest economy (Evan Osnos).Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today's financially-ascendant China and pulls the ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • When A Billion Chinese Jump

    How China Will Save Mankind -- Or Destroy It

    by Jonathan S. Watts ...
    As a young child, Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the same time, the earth would be shaken off its axis, annihilating mankind. Now, more than thirty years later, as a correspondent for The Guardian in Beijing, he has discovered it is not only foolish little boys who dread a planet-shaking leap by the world’s most populous nation.When a Billion Chinese Jump is a road journey ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • An Introduction to the Chinese Economy

    The Driving Forces Behind Modern Day China

    by Rongxing Guo ...
    This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert from China offers a quality and breadth of coverage. In this book, the author provides an introduction to China's economy since 1949 and original insights based on his own extensive research. The book sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • China Rises

    How China's Astonishing Growth Will Change the World

    by John Farndon ...
    With a population of 1¼ billion people and the world's second largest economy, China is fast becoming one of the most powerful and important countries in the world. But while it is one of the world's oldest civilisations, China refuses to conform to expectations. The country's controversial policies, ranging from the one child policy to the repression of opposition groups, have placed it at odds ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • The River Runs Black

    The Environmental Challenge to China's Future

    by Elizabeth C. Economy ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    China's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Unknown Cultural Revolution

    Life and Change in a Chinese Village

    by Dongping Han ...
    The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social upheaval led to economic disaster, the persecution of intellectuals, and senseless violence. Dongping Han offers a powerful account of the dramatic improvements in the living conditions, infrastructure, and agricultural practices of China’s rural ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • 100 Questions and Answers About East Asian Cultures

    An introductory cultural competence guide for Americans about the customs, history, politics and languages background of people from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong

    by Michigan State University School of Journalism, Helen Zia, Jane Hyun, Sook Wilkinson ...
    This basic, introductory guide answers 100 of the questions people ask in everyday conversation. It informs Americans about workers, students and guests from East Asia including China, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, South and North Korea, Japan and Mongolia. Find answers about culture, customs, holidays, identity, language, religion, social norms, politics, education, work, families and food. This ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern China: All That Matters

    by Jonathan Clements ...
    Series series All That Matters
    In Modern China: All That Matters, Jonathan Clements presents China as the Chinese themselves see it. He explains the key issues of national reconstruction; the Cold War, the Cultural Revolution, and the dizzying spectacle of China's economic reform. Clements offers a Chinese perspective on such events as the Handover of Hong Kong, and chronicles the historical events that continue to resonate ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Chile Pepper in China

    A Cultural Biography

    by Brian R. Dott ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Chinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao’s boast that revolution would be impossible without chiles, from the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber to contemporary music videos. Indeed, they are so common that ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Gastronativism

    Food, Identity, Politics

    by Fabio Parasecoli ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Winner, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards - Food - Food Heritage - USANominee, Book Award in Food Issues and Advocacy, James Beard FoundationThe Italian political right is outraged by halal tortellini and a pork-free lasagna served at the Vatican. In India, Hindu fundamentalists organize attacks on Muslims who sell beef. European anti-immigrant politicians denounce couscous and kebabs. In an era of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD