Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era
By: by J.D. La Fleur
Series: Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 -- v. 26; Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) -- v. 26.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004224124; 9789004234093
Subjects: Food crops; Crops; Food habits; Plant introduction; Starch crops; Adaptation; Cassava as food; Agriculture; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding history in early Afro-Atlantic foodways; title: Grist for the mill : Africanist historiography of pre-colonial agriculture; title: Introducing the land to culture : an interpretation; title: Seeds of change : early African experimentation with foreign starches; title: You reap what you sow : the profits and perils of the new starchy staples; title: The porcupine's shame : bearing the burden of cassava culture; title: Finding food in Afro-Atlantic history.