Fusion Foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic Era

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.

About the author

J. D. La Fleur, Ph.D. (2003), is Assistant Professor of History at the College of William & Mary (USA). He is the translator-editor of Pieter van den Broecke's Journal of Voyages to Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola (Hakluyt, 2000).

Product details

• Authors: James D. La Fleur, James D La Fleur
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 03.08.2012
• Subject: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9789004224124
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22412-4
• Pages: 216
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 531 g
• Series: Atlantic World > 26
• Subjects: Afrikanische Geschichte, COOKING / General, Westafrika, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, History - General History