(DOWNLOAD) "Historical Notes on Chinese Restaurants in Portland, Maine." by Chinese America: History and Perspectives ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Historical Notes on Chinese Restaurants in Portland, Maine.
- Author : Chinese America: History and Perspectives
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 221 KB
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According to the 2000 Census, Maine was the "whitest" state in the country. (1) While Portland, Maine's largest city is somewhat more multiethnic than Maine as a whole, it is not thought of as having had a historic Chinese community. However, Chinese people have called Portland home since 1858 and have owned restaurants there for 125 years. Since Portland has had a only small Chinese population, (2) its Chinese restaurants have had to cater to the taste of the general community by offering strictly "American" fare along with heavily Americanized Chinese food based loosely on the Cantonese cuisine familiar to the early Chinese immigrants who most frequently originated in or near the Toishan District of Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province in southeastern China. THE "CHOP SUEY JOINT" ERA
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