A Workman Is Worthy of His Meat Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary / Jeremy Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rich, Jeremy (Jeremy McMaster)

Series:

France Overseas: Studies in Empire and D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food consumption--Gabon--Libreville.

Food supply--Gabon--Libreville.

Gabon--Colonial influence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Summary:

In Libreville, the capital of the African nation of Gabon, the colonial past has evolved into a present indelibly marked by colonial rule and ongoing French influence. This is especially evident in areas as essential to life as food. In this complex, hybrid culinary culture of Libreville, croissants are as readily available as plantains.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-82391-7

9786610823918

0-8032-1581-9

OCLC:

437176384