American tuna : the rise and fall of an improbable food /

American tuna : the rise and fall of an improbable food /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Andrew F., 1946-
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Description:	242 p. : 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	California studies in food and culture ; 37 California studies in food and culture ; 37.
Subject:	Tuna -- United States -- History. Canned tuna -- United States -- History. Fish as food -- United States -- History. Tuna fisheries -- History. Tuna fisheries -- Environmental aspects -- History. Tuna industry -- History. Cooking (Tuna) Canned tuna. Cooking (Tuna) Fish as food. Tuna. Tuna fisheries. Tuna fisheries -- Environmental aspects. Tuna industry. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8904591

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ISBN:	9780520261846 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0520261844 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part I. The Rise
1. Angling for a Big Fish
2. Looks Like Chicken
3. Enemy Aliens
4. This Delicious Fish
5. Caucasians Who Have Tasted and Liked This Speciality
Part II. The Fall
6. Foreign Tuna
7. Tuna Wars
8. Porpoise Fishing
9. Parts Per Million
Epilogue
Appendix: Historical Tuna Recipes
Notes
Bibliography
Index