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In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa´s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
Judith Carney
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Paperback. Provides an assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves who were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 color illustrations, 10 black & white photographs, 48 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Many familiar foods - millet, sorghum, coffee, okra, watermelon, and the 'Asian' long bean, for example - are native to Africa, while commercial products such as Coca Cola, Worcestershire Sauce, and Palmolive Soap ... Read more
The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Many familiar foods - millet, sorghum, coffee, okra, watermelon, and the 'Asian' long bean, for example - are native to Africa, while commercial products such as Coca Cola, Worcestershire Sauce, and Palmolive Soap ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520269965
SKU
V9780520269965
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About Judith Carney
Judith A. Carney is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of the award-winning book Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas. Richard Nicholas Rosomoff is an independent writer.
Reviews for In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa´s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
[An] essential reading for anyone trying to understand the long-ignored interaction between environmental change, global commerce, natural knowledge, and slavery. Times Higher Education An important contribution to literature on the Columbian Exchange.
Frederick Douglass Opie Agricultural History Review Shadow of Slavery is thorough, cogent, creative in its use of scarce historical materials, and beautifully illustrated ... Read more
Frederick Douglass Opie Agricultural History Review Shadow of Slavery is thorough, cogent, creative in its use of scarce historical materials, and beautifully illustrated ... Read more