American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food Volume 37

by Andrew F. Smith

Book Overview

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 so-called "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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520261844
• ISBN13: 9780520261846
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"