In the shadow of slavery : Africa's botanical legacy in the Atlantic world / Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff.

By:

Carney, Judith Ann

Contributor(s):

Rosomoff, Richard Nicholas, 1956-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.Description: xiv, 280 p., 7 p. of plates (col.) : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780520257504 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520257502 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

581.6/3097 22

LOC classification:

E29.N3 C375 2009

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.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	Main Collection	E29.N3 C375 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700017323

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-260) and index.

'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.