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Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era
- Title
- Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era / by J.D. La Fleur.
- Author
- La Fleur, J. D. (James Daniel), 1969-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 214 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; v. 26
- Uniform Title
- Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Food crops
- Starch crops
- Plant introduction
- Crops > Adaptation
- Food habits
- Cassava as food
- Agriculture > Ghana > History
- Food crops > Ghana > History
- Cassava as food > History
- Starch crops > Ghana > History
- Plant introduction > Ghana > History
- Crops > Adaptation > Ghana > History
- Ghana
- Food habits > Ghana > History
- History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
- Contents
- Finding history in early Afro-Atlantic foodways -- Grist for the mill : Africanist historiography of pre-colonial agriculture -- Introducing the land to culture : an interpretation -- Seeds of change : early African experimentation with foreign starches -- You reap what you sow : the profits and perils of the new starchy staples -- The porcupine's shame : bearing the burden of cassava culture -- Finding food in Afro-Atlantic history.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-379
- ISBN
- 9789004224124
- 9004224122
- LCCN
- 2012021561
- OCLC
- 794033425
- Author
- La Fleur, J. D. (James Daniel), 1969-
- Title
- Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era / by J.D. La Fleur.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; v. 26Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-379