A workman is worthy of his meat : food and colonialism in the Gabon Estuary /

A workman is worthy of his meat : food and colonialism in the Gabon Estuary /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rich, Jeremy (Jeremy McMaster)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Food consumption > Gabon > Libreville.
Food supply > Gabon > Libreville.
Gabon > Colonial influence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Map of Gabon Estuary
  • The Gabon Estuary and the Atlantic world, 1840-1960
  • Eating in an African Atlantic town, 1840-1885
  • Newcomers, food supply, and the colonial state, 1840-1914
  • Famine in the Gabon Estuary, 1914-1930
  • Town life and imported food, 1840-1960
  • Food supply in Libreville, 1930-1960
  • European culinary practices in colonial Libreville
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: table of Libreville population, 1863-1960
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.