Preface Acknowledgments Prologue Part I. The Rise 1. Angling for a Big Fish 2. Looks Like Chicken 3. Enemy Aliens 4. This Delicious Fish 5. Caucasians Who Have Tasted and Liked This Speciality Part II. The Fall 6. Foreign Tuna 7. Tuna Wars 8. Porpoise Fishing 9. Parts Per Million Epilogue Appendix: Historical Tuna Recipes Notes Bibliography Index

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Andrew F. Smith teaches Food Studies at the New School University in New York. He is the author of Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat, Potato: A Global History, and Eating History: 30 Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, among many other books. For more information, please visit www.andrewfsmith.com.

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"In language as clear as cold water, Mr. Smith chronicles the [industry]... Tuna is the story of America told another way." Wall Street Journal "A well-researched, highly readable account of an important part of the US food culture and business. Highly recommended." Choice

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