Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam: Food and Drink in the Long Nineteenth Century

by Erica J. Peters

In Vietnam during the long nineteenth century from the T y Son rebellion to the 1920s, individuals negotiated changing interpretations of their culinary choices by their families, neighbors, and governments. What people ate reflected not just who they were, but also who they wanted to be. Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam starts with the spread of Vietnamese imperial control from south to north, marking the earliest efforts to create a common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759120757
• ISBN13: 9780759120754
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"