| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
California studies in food and culture |
|
California studies in food and culture
|
| Contents |
Title -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. National Food -- 1. Street Life: Chinese Noodles for Japanese Workers -- 2. Not an Easy Road: Black Market Ramen and the U.S. Occupation -- 3. Move On Up: Fuel for Rapid Growth -- 4. Like It Is, Like It Was: Rebranding Ramen -- 5. Flavor of the Month: American Ramen and "Cool Japan" -- Conclusion. Time Will Tell: A Food of Opposition -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
A rich, salty, and steaming bowl of noodle soup, ramen has become an international symbol of the cultural prowess of Japanese cuisine. In this highly original account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan, George Solt traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Ramen's popularity can be attributed to political and economic change on a global scale. Using declassified U.S. government documents and an array of Japanese sources, Solt reveals how the creation of a black market for American wheat imports during the U.S. o |
| Analysis |
20th century global history |
|
american government |
|
american wheat imports |
|
black market |
|
bowl of noodles |
|
cold war |
|
cultural studies |
|
economic changes |
|
economic stagnation |
|
food studies |
|
food |
|
geopolitics |
|
globalization |
|
government documents |
|
historical |
|
history |
|
industrialization |
|
international icon |
|
international symbol |
|
japan |
|
japanese cuisine |
|
japanese culture |
|
japanese food |
|
labor force |
|
national identity |
|
noodle soup |
|
occupied japan |
|
political changes |
|
ramen |
|
reindustrialization |
|
soup |
|
us occupation of japan |
|
working poor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ramen -- Japan -- History
|
|
COOKING -- General.
|
|
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
|
|
Manners and customs
|
|
Ramen
|
| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs -- History
|
| Subject |
Japan
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780520958371 |
|
0520958373 |
|
1306498465 |
|
9781306498463 |
|
9780520277564 |
|
0520277562 |
|
9780520282353 |
|
0520282353 |
|
