At the table of power: food and cuisine in the African American struggle for freedom, justice and equality / Diane Spivey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spivey, Diane M., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Food--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Food--Social aspects.

African American cooking--Social aspects.

African American cooking.

African American cooking--History.

African Americans--Social conditions--Miscellanea.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--Miscellanea.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 377 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. From the Beginning: The Struggle against Culinary Apartheid

2. Sustenance for Sustaining American Liberty

3. Sustenance for Maintaining the Legality of Slavery

4. Triangular Trading and the "Colored" Cooks of Rhode Island

5. Philadelphia: City of the Epicure's Epicures

6. "Them Pious Eats Tremendous!"

7. "Outcasts and Indigent Sons of Africa": New York's Nineteenth-Century Chefs, Caterers, and Restaurateurs

8. Running the Kitchen and Running for Office

9. Hoteliers, Dining Rooms, and Culinary Diplomacy in the Nation's Capital.

ISBN:

9780822947318

0822947315

OCLC:

1280277393

Publisher Number:

99992953801