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The king of drinks : schnapps gin from modernity to tradition / by Dmitri van den Bersselaar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bersselaar, Dmitri van den.
- Series:
- African social studies series 1568-1203 ; v. 18.
- African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gin--Social aspects--Africa, West.
- Gin.
- Gin--Africa, West--History.
- Gin--Netherlands--History.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- Africa, West--Social life and customs.
- Africa, West.
- West Africa.
- Manners and customs.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Summary:
- Using a focus on the trajectory of commoditisation of gin in West Africa, this book investigates how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. It shows that local consumers, not foreign advertisers, produced the importance of schnapps gin for African ritual
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004160910
- 9004160914
- OCLC:
- 164802950
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