Awards

• Commended for Honorable Mention - PROSE Awards in US History 2015
• Commended for PROSE (U.S. History) 2015

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This is an utterly original and significant contribution to the field. Well-organized and breathtakingly broad in its geographic scope, Yong Chen has done a superb job. No one has attempted anything like this. -- Hasia Diner, New York University

This is an utterly original and significant contribution to the field. Well-organized and breathtakingly broad in its geographic scope, Yong Chen has done a superb job. No one has attempted anything like this. -- Hasia Diner, New York University A thoroughly researched, highly readable account of the development of Chinese-American food. It fills important gaps in the literature of ethnic and food studies, while also incorporating an appealing personal memoir into the narrative. -- Jeffrey Pilcher, University of Toronto

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Yong Chen, raised by his food-loving mother in China, is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, and served as the institution's associate dean of graduate studies. Among his numerous publications are Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. He co-curated a museum exhibit on the history of Chinese restaurants in the United States, and his commentaries on food, immigration, and Sino-American relations appear frequently in the media in four languages.

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