{"product_id":"asian-cajun-fusion-shrimp-from-the-bay-to-the-bayou-hardcover","title":"Asian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl a. Brasseaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonald W. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRex H. Caffey\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShrimp is easily America's favorite seafood, but its very popularity is the wellspring of problems that threaten the shrimp industry's existence. \u003ci\u003eAsian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou \u003c\/i\u003eprovides insightful analysis of this paradox and a detailed, thorough history of the industry in Louisiana. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dried shrimp technology was part of the cultural heritage Pearl River Chinese immigrants introduced into the Americas in the mid-nineteenth century. As early as 1870, Chinese natives built shrimp-drying operations in Louisiana's wetlands and exported the product to Asia through the port of San Francisco. This trade internationalized the shrimp industry. About three years before Louisiana's Chinese community began their export endeavors, manufactured ice became available in New Orleans, and the Dunbar family introduced patented canning technology. The convergence of these ancient and modern technologies shaped the evolution of the northern Gulf Coast's shrimp industry to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coastal Louisiana's historic connection to the Pacific Rim endures. Not only does the region continue to export dried shrimp to Asian markets domestically and internationally, but since 2000 the region's large Vietnamese immigrant population has increasingly dominated Louisiana's fresh shrimp harvest. Louisiana shrimp constitute the American gold standard of raw seafood excellence. Yet, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, cheap imports are forcing the nation's domestic shrimp industry to rediscover its economic roots. \"Fresh off the boat\" signs and real-time internet connections with active trawlers are reestablishing the industry's ties to local consumers. Direct marketing has opened the industry to middle-class customers who meet the boats at the docks. This \"right off the boat\" paradigm appears to be leading the way to reestablishment of sustainable aquatic resources. All-one-can-eat shrimp buffets are not going to disappear, but the Louisiana shrimp industry's fate will ultimately be determined by discerning consumers' palates.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl A. Brasseaux\u003c\/b\u003e, former director of the Center for Louisiana Studies and a Louisiana Writer of the Year, has spent a lifetime studying the peoples and cultures of the Louisiana coastal plain. He is author or coauthor of more than forty books including \u003ci\u003eAin't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAcadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCreoles of Color in the Bayou Country\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eDonald W. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e has been involved for more than fifty years in coastal-related research on the wide array of renewable and nonrenewable resources vital to the use of the wetlands. His work has appeared in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the American Association of Geographers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShore \u0026amp; Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Soil and Water Conservation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Conservationists\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLouisiana History\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAin't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi, and author of \u003ci\u003eWashed Away? The Invisible Peoples of Louisiana's Wetlands\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 11.1 x 10.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158668316807,"sku":"9781496838223","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8778282ec7b7f44ed91ae883c5a0ea31.webp?v=1733260593","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/asian-cajun-fusion-shrimp-from-the-bay-to-the-bayou-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}