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American Tuna: The Rise And Fall Of An Improbable Food (Volume 37) (California Studies In Food And Culture)
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In A Lively Account Of The American Tuna Industry Over The Past Century, Celebrated Food Writer And Scholar Andrew F. Smith Relates How Tuna Went From Being Sold Primarily As A Fertilizer To Becoming The Most Commonly Consumed Fish In The Country. In American Tuna, The Socalled Chicken Of The Sea Is Both The Subject And The Backdrop For Other Facets Of American History: U.S. Foreign Policy, Immigration And Environmental Politics, And Dietary Trends.Smith Recounts How Tuna Became A Popular Lowcost Highprotein Food Beginning In 1903, When The First Can Rolled Off The Assembly Line. By 1918, Skyrocketing Sales Made It One Of Americas Most Popular Seafoods. In The Decades That Followed, The American Tuna Industry Employed Thousands, Yet At At Midcentury Production Started To Fade. Concerns About Toxic Levels Of Methylmercury, Bycatch Issues, And Overharvesting All Contributed To The Demise Of The Industry Today, When Only Three Major Canned Tuna Brands Exist In The United States, All Foreign Owned. A Remarkable Cast Of Characters Fishermen, Advertisers, Immigrants, Epicures, And Environmentalists, Among Many Otherspopulate This Fascinating Chronicle Of American Tastes And The Forces That Influence Them.
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