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Farm-to-Freedom

Vietnamese Americans and Their Food Gardens

by Roy Vu ...

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Home gardens, in addition to providing sustenance and satisfaction, embody a sense of self identity. In this groundbreaking work on Vietnamese foodways, Farm-to-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans and Their Food Gardens brings to light how the Vietnamese diasporic population in Texas uses gardens literally and figuratively to set down roots in a new country.These gardens, often hidden in plain sight, ... Read more

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Home gardens, in addition to providing sustenance and satisfaction, embody a sense of self identity. In this groundbreaking work on Vietnamese foodways, Farm-to-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans and Their Food Gardens brings to light how the Vietnamese diasporic population in Texas uses gardens literally and figuratively to set down roots in a new country.These gardens, often hidden in plain sight,
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An Economist Gets Lunch

New Rules for Everyday Foodies

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A leading economist, “who may very well turn out to be this decade’s Thomas Friedman” (Wall Street Journal), illuminates the state of American food todayTyler Cowen, one of the most influential economists of the last decade, wants you to know that just about everything you’ve heard about how to get good food is wrong. Drawing on a provocative range of examples from around the globe, Cowen reveals ... Read more

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A leading economist, “who may very well turn out to be this decade’s Thomas Friedman” (Wall Street Journal), illuminates the state of American food todayTyler Cowen, one of the most influential economists of the last decade, wants you to know that just about everything you’ve heard about how to get good food is wrong. Drawing on a provocative range of examples from around the globe, Cowen reveals
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China Airborne

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More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a ... Read more

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More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a
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Moveable Feasts

From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat

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"A fascinating chronicle of mankind's efforts to move food throughout history" from the Financial Times contributor and author of Making an Exit ( The News & Observer).Today the average meal has traveled thousands of miles before reaching the dinner table. How on earth did this happen? Through delightful anecdotes and astonishing facts, Moveable Feasts tells the stories.Combining history, science, ... Read more

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"A fascinating chronicle of mankind's efforts to move food throughout history" from the Financial Times contributor and author of Making an Exit ( The News & Observer).Today the average meal has traveled thousands of miles before reaching the dinner table. How on earth did this happen? Through delightful anecdotes and astonishing facts, Moveable Feasts tells the stories.Combining history, science,
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Vietnam - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Geoffrey Murray, Culture Smart! ...

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Don't just see the sights―get to know the people.Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's most fascinating and alluring countries; its rich history, fragrant and flavorful cuisine, and offerings of fast-paced city life, sun-soaked coastline, and idyllic rural getaways are drawing travelers from around the globe once more.Since having emerged from two decades of war in 1975, the country has undergone a ... Read more

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Don't just see the sights―get to know the people.Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's most fascinating and alluring countries; its rich history, fragrant and flavorful cuisine, and offerings of fast-paced city life, sun-soaked coastline, and idyllic rural getaways are drawing travelers from around the globe once more.Since having emerged from two decades of war in 1975, the country has undergone a
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Vietnam Today

A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads

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"Pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams."Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is faced with pressing political, social and economic challenges, and yet it is full of hope and potential.Here is a ... Read more

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"Pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams."Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is faced with pressing political, social and economic challenges, and yet it is full of hope and potential.Here is a
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The Good Hmong Girl Eats Raw Laab

by Ka Vang ...

With humor and sensitivity, poet, playwright, and writer Ka Vang examines and critiques what it means to be “a good Hmong girl” in America today. Excerpted from Hmong and American: From Refugees to Citizens (MHS Press, 2012). ... Read more

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With humor and sensitivity, poet, playwright, and writer Ka Vang examines and critiques what it means to be “a good Hmong girl” in America today. Excerpted from Hmong and American: From Refugees to Citizens (MHS Press, 2012).
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Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground

An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, Alaska

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With three roads and a population of just over 500 people, Shishmaref, Alaska seems like an unlikely center of the climate change debate. But the island, home to Iñupiaq Eskimos who still live off subsistence harvesting, is falling into the sea, and climate change is, at least in part, to blame. While countries sputter and stall over taking environmental action, Shishmaref is out of time ... Read more

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With three roads and a population of just over 500 people, Shishmaref, Alaska seems like an unlikely center of the climate change debate. But the island, home to Iñupiaq Eskimos who still live off subsistence harvesting, is falling into the sea, and climate change is, at least in part, to blame. While countries sputter and stall over taking environmental action, Shishmaref is out of time
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Nourishing Resistance

Stories of Food, Protest and Mutual Aid

by Wren Awry ...

From the cooks who have quietly fed rebels and revolutionaries to the collective kitchens set up after hurricanes and floods, food has long played a crucial role in resistance, protest, and mutual aid. Until very recently, food-based work-steadfast and not particularly flashy -s lipped under the radar or was centred on celebrity chefs and well-funded non-profits. Adding to a growing constellation ... Read more

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From the cooks who have quietly fed rebels and revolutionaries to the collective kitchens set up after hurricanes and floods, food has long played a crucial role in resistance, protest, and mutual aid. Until very recently, food-based work-steadfast and not particularly flashy -s lipped under the radar or was centred on celebrity chefs and well-funded non-profits. Adding to a growing constellation
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Eating Asian America

A Food Studies Reader

by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Martin F Manalansan, Anita Mannur ...

Examines the ways our conceptions of Asian American food have been shapedChop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United States have with food have become ingrained in the American popular imagination. So much so that contentious notions of ethnic authenticity and authority are marked by and argued around images and ideas of food.Eating Asian America: A Food ... Read more

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Examines the ways our conceptions of Asian American food have been shapedChop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United States have with food have become ingrained in the American popular imagination. So much so that contentious notions of ethnic authenticity and authority are marked by and argued around images and ideas of food.Eating Asian America: A Food
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Confronting Injustice

Social Activism in the Age of Individualism

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"Written by an activist for activists . . . a powerful call for collective action against the social causes of poverty and climate change." — Climate & CapitalismA new generation of activists working for economic and environmental justice, and against war and poverty, confronts critical questions. Why is the world so unjust and crisis-prone? What kind of world should we fight for? How can we win? ... Read more

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"Written by an activist for activists . . . a powerful call for collective action against the social causes of poverty and climate change." — Climate & CapitalismA new generation of activists working for economic and environmental justice, and against war and poverty, confronts critical questions. Why is the world so unjust and crisis-prone? What kind of world should we fight for? How can we win?
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