Description |
xiv, 280 p., 7 p. of plates (col.) : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-260) and index. |
Contents |
Food and the African past -- African plants on the move -- African food crops and the Guinea trade -- African food and the Atlantic crossing -- Maroon subsistence strategies -- The Africanization of plantation food systems -- Botanical gardens of the dispossessed -- Guinea's plants and European empire -- African animals and grasses in the New World tropics -- Memory dishes of Africa's botanical legacy. |
Summary |
'In the Shadow of Slavery' explores the wealth of plantlife brought to the Americas by slaves & slave ships as provisions, medicines, cordage & bedding, & afterwards cultivated in garden plots. These included coffee, watermelon & okra, as well as the constituents of many well known products. |
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Blacks -- Ethnobotany -- America -- History.
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Blacks -- Ethnobotany -- Africa -- History.
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Slaves -- America -- History.
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Ethnobotany -- America -- History.
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Ethnobotany -- Africa -- History.
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Plants, Edible -- America -- History.
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Plants, Edible -- Africa -- History.
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Medicinal plants -- America -- History.
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Medicinal plants -- Africa -- History.
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America -- Civilization -- African influences
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Added Author |
Rosomoff, Richard Nicholas, 1956-
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ISBN |
9780520257504 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520257502 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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