War has been both an agent of destruction and a catalyst for innovation. These two, at first sight contradictory, yet mutually constitutive outcomes of war-waging are particularly pronounced in twentieth-century Asia. The disarray of war may halt economic activities and render m…
Asian food: the global and the local
Breadbasket of the Japanese empire -- Consumption colonized -- Industrializing Korean taste -- Wartime food management and its legacy -- South Korea : from food aid to the revival of royal cuisine -- North Korea's bumpy road to affluence.
"Not only examines the socio-political circumstances that led certain ingredients, flavours and dishes to become prominent in present-day Korea but, conversely, explores the question of what these foods can tell us about Korean history itself."--Publisher description.