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Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life

"[T]races the history of African American food habits from West African origins through the twenty-first century, offering a unique set of insights into the daily concerns of black people in the US. The book demonstrates that from capture and enslavement through emancipation, the civil rights m...

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Main Author: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Subjects and Genres:
African Americans > Food > History.
African American cooking > History.
Food habits > United States > History.
Food > Social aspects > United States.
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