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1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830,
1570-0542 ;
v. 26
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
Summary |
Fusion Foodways describes the agricultural and cultural history of the Gold Coast (now, Ghana) in the Atlantic era, exploring the historical significance of new food crops and culinary techniques from the Americas, Asia and elsewhere in Africa to the farmers who produced them and to everybody who ate. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Food crops -- Ghana -- History.
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Food crops. |
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Ghana. |
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History. |
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Food habits -- Ghana -- History.
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Food habits. |
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Agriculture -- Ghana -- History.
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Agriculture. |
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Plant introduction -- Ghana -- History.
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Plant introduction. |
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Crops -- Adaptation -- Ghana -- History.
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Crops -- Adaptation. |
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Starch crops -- Ghana -- History.
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Starch crops. |
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Cassava as food -- History.
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Cassava as food. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: La Fleur, J.D. (James Daniel), 1969- Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004224124 (DLC) 2012021561 (OCoLC)794033425 |
ISBN |
9789004234093 (electronic book) |
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9004234098 (electronic book) |
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9781283551021 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283551020 (MyiLibrary) |
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9789004224124 |
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9004224122 |
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