Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism

YANG, Jeff, GAN, Dina and Terry HONG

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ISBN 10: 039576341X ISBN 13: 9780395763414

Published by Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books, Boston, 1997

Language: English

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Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books, Boston

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1997

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English

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039576341X

ISBN 13

9780395763414

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Soft Cover

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First Edition.

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For everyone who's ever wondered how to order Korean barbecue and Chinese dim sum; what "good feng xui" is and how to make sure you have it; where to find the ten greatest Nintendo games never released in the States, and which is the deadliest martial art, here is the long-awaited guide to Asian cultural literacy: the key concepts, events, people, trends, and products that have been imported from Asia to America and become part of our way of life. A Mariner paperback original.

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Terry Hong is a contributing editor of A. Magazine.

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