[PDF.51cm] Shopping at Giant Foods: Chinese American Supermarkets in Northern California (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)

Shopping at Giant Foods: Chinese American Supermarkets in Northern California (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)

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 | #5090607 in Books |  University of Washington Press |  2013-03-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.49 x5.98l,.71 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Chinese-owned groceries in California|By Mark Riley|An excellent contribution to the local history of Northern California and a remarkable insight into the nature of Chinese integration into American society and business, written by an author with personal knowledge of the retail food industry and the scholarly qualifications to do the in-depth research necessary for the book.| |"This book provides a revealing insight into a remarkable chapter of American and Chinese American economic history . . . a valuable source on this thread of Chinese American economic and social history."―Benedikt Kohler, China Information, v18 2004|"

From the 1930s through the 1970s, Chinese American owned supermarkets located outside of Chinatown, catering to a non-Chinese clientele, and featuring mainstream American foods and other products and services rose to prominence and phenomenal success in Northern California, only to decline as union regulations and competition from national chains made their operation unprofitable. Alfred Yee’s study of this trajectory is an insider’s view of a fascinating era...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Shopping at Giant Foods: Chinese American Supermarkets in Northern California (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)   |  Alfred Yee. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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