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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
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012

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Series Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; v. 26
Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
Contents 880-01 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
880-01/(N Chapter Three Seeds of Change: Early African Experimentation with Foreign StarchesThe Agro-Historical Milieu; Plantains; Maize; Asian Rice; Conclusion; Chapter Four You Reap What You Sow: The Profits and Perils of the New Starchy Staples; Going for Gold with Plantains; In Retrospect; Allada Communities аnd Culinary Cross-Currents; Baked Bread аnd Biscuits; Kenkey; Opportunities Brewing; Sowing and Savoring Wealth; Insecurity and Impoverishment Amid Scarcity and Violence; Impoverishment in Times of Plenty; Conclusion; Chapter Five The Porcupine's Shame: Bearing the Burden of Cassava Culture
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Food crops -- Ghana -- History
Food habits -- Ghana -- History
Agriculture -- Ghana -- History
Plant introduction -- Ghana -- History
Crops -- Adaptation -- Ghana -- History
Starch crops -- Ghana -- History
Cassava as food -- History
COOKING -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
Agriculture
Cassava as food
Crops -- Adaptation
Food crops
Food habits
Plant introduction
Starch crops
Ghana
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012021561
ISBN 9789004234093
9004234098
9781283551021
1283551020
9786613863478
6613863475