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Book SynopsisIan Shaw is Professor of Archaeology, University of Chester, UK. His books include Egyptology: A Very Short Introduction (2004) and Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt (2008).Trade ReviewThis is a readable and thought-provoking volume from which students and professional Egyptologists will benefit. The use of theory is welcome, but the main impact of the book is its continuation of the theme of establishing an "Egyptological" theory of materials and technology. -- Paul T. Nicholson, Cardiff University, UK * The Historian *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of illustrations Chronology Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt Analysing Egyptian Technological Dynamics - was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'? Writing: human communication as social technology Medicine, Magic and Pharmacy: the fusion of science and religion Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaînes opératoires and ideological innovations Mummification and Glass-working: issues of definition and process Chariot Production: technical choice and socio-political change Military Hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt Technology Embedded in Urban Society: finding the individual in the general Conclusion Appendix 1: Measuring space Appendix 2: Measuring time Appendix 3: Astronomy and astrology Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWolfram Grajetzki is the author of Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt (2003) and The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (2006). Paul Whelan is the author and illustrator of Mere Scraps of Rough Wood? 17th-18th Dynasty Stick Shabtis in the Petrie Museum and Other Collections (2007).

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Book SynopsisBased upon exhaustive research in all presidential libraries from Hoover to Clinton, the voluminous archives of the African National Congress [ANC] at Fort Hare University in South Africa, along with allied archives of the NAACP, the Ford and Rockefeller fortunes, etc., this is the most comprehensive account to date of the entangled histories of apartheid and Jim Crow that culminated in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela as president in Pretoria.The author traces in detail the close ties between e.g. Mandela, Robeson, and Du Bois--among others--and how their working in tandem with the socialist camp (particularly the Soviet Union and Cuba) was the deciding factor (along with the struggles of Africans and their allies on both sides of the Atlantic) in compelling the reluctant retreat of the comrades-in-arms:  apartheid and Jim Crow. However, weeks after the collapse of the Berlin Wall the apartheid regime chose to free Mandela and to legalize the ANC and its close a

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Book SynopsisAfrica in Europe, in two volumes, meticulously documents Europe''s African presence from antiquity to the present. It incorporates findings from areas of study as diverse as physical anthropology, linguistics, social history, social theory, international relations, migrational studies, and globalization. In contrast to most other works focusing on Eurafrican relationships that largely revolve around Atlantic and trans-Atlantic developments since the Age of Global Exploration, this work has a much broader perspective which takes account of human evolution, the history of religion, Judaic studies, Byzantine studies, the history of Islam, and Western intellectual history including social theory. While the issue of racism in its variant manifestations receives thorough treatment, African in Europe is also about human connections across fluid boundaries that are ancient as well as those that date to the Age of Exploration, the Age of Revolution, and continue until the present. Hence, it bTrade ReviewThe first such extensive overview drawn heavily from available scholarly literature, this interpretive textbook makes a very plausible case for reconsidering the anthropological and historical relationship between Africa and Europe within a framework that avoids preoccupation with race and color, rejects a division of Africa into Sub-Saharan and Northern, and discounts the Mediterranean as a significant boundary between the two continents. -- Allison Blakely, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction: People Across Boundaries Chapter 4 1. Genesis and the Mediterranean Chapter 5 2. Africans and the Graeco-Romans Chapter 6 3. Human Connections Revisited Chapter 7 4. Linkages Across Differences Chapter 8 5. Contested Frontiers Chapter 9 6. Expanded Orbits of Intercourse Chapter 10 7. Relativity and "Otherness"

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Book SynopsisEmily Benichou Gottreich is an Adjunct Professor in Global Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S. She is also former President of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). She holds a PhD from Harvard University, U.S.Trade ReviewOffers a dynamic, accessible and thought-stimulating book that will be a useful teaching tool while giving more seasoned historians an opportunity to consider the changes in Moroccan historiography … Jewish Morocco appears as a therapeutic history and an ongoing reconciliation that is also taking place in Morocco, with ongoing efforts to restore synagogues and celebrate this Moroccan heritage. * The Journal of North African Studies *How do you picture the history of Morocco through its Jewish lens? How do you sum up the complexities and contradictions of centuries of Jewish-Muslim encounters and relations and dynasties? Emily Gottreich’s book has not only taken on these challenging questions but has delivered on their promise. -- Aomar Boum, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles and Faculty Fellow at the Université Internationale de Rabat, MoroccoThis book is an intriguing foray into major themes in Moroccan history and invites readers to reconsider any simple understanding of the relationship between Muslim majorities and religious minorities in the region. It has much to offer to undergraduate students, scholars of the region, and general readers interested in North African and Jewish history. -- Oren Kosansky, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Lewis & Clark College, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Malikism Law and Religion. Malikism as law of the land today, Jews in pre-Islamic Morocco, Islamic conquests, conversion, Jews under Islamic rule, adoption of Malikism and the development of legal plurality, Maimonides in Fez. Chapter Two: The Berber Question Ethnicity. Amazigh rights movement in context of Arab spring, Rise of Berber dynasties (Almoravids, Almohads, Marinids), development of Berber Islam and Berber Judaism, language issues in Morocco, Goulmima carnival, Amazigh cultural movement, Berber Philo-Semitism and Pro-Israel stance today Chapter Three: Sharifism Power and Authority. Rise of the Moroccan State, Sa‘dis and ‘Alawis, Sharifism, Mystical movments (Sufism, zawiyas, and Sabbateanism), arrival and integration of the Sephardim, trade, diplomacy. Chapter Four: Colonialism Culture. Jews and the colonial project, mission civilisatrice, the Alliance Israélite Universelle, protégé system, migration and urbanization, the last mellahs, cultural dislocation Chapter Five: Independence Politics. Anti-colonial movement, communists, the istiqlal party, wifaq, independence, zionism, emigration, Chapter Six: Moroccan Jews and Moroccan Judaism in the Post-Modern Era Time and Space. Jews in the era of Hassan II and Mohammed VI, les années du plomb, Avraham Sarfaty and Sion Assidon, pilgrimage, Peace Movement, Moroccan Jews abroad, Israeli Black Panthers, returnees, representations in novels and films, nostalgia Conclusion

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Book SynopsisRodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium and was disturbed by the inability of intellectuals to share a common cause with the masses. He sought to lift the Caribbean people from the victimization of history and the poverty of material circumstance.Trade ReviewWith profound insight and elegance, Gibbons' main strength is anchoring Walter Rodney's exemplary political and intellectual career and legacy in its Guyanese and Caribbean origins and development. -- Locksley Edmondson, professor, Africana studies, Cornell University…Thoroughly researched and clearly written…A compelling and sympathetic analysis of Rodney's writing…Gibbons combines the journalist's instinct for the telling detail with the academic rigor of the professor of communications (emeritus) that he is…This book is required reading for any serious students of colonial history and the Black Diaspora. -- Ewart Thomas, professor of psychology, Stanford University…[Rodney] cultivated a style of scholarship which was made available through its lucidity to all layers of Caribbean societies…Gibbons…[takes] us stage by stage through [Rodney's] turbulent journeys …An impressive contribution to our understanding of the legacy of Walter Rodney. -- Professor George Lamming, African studies, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction by Wazir Mohamed Chapter 3 Chapter I: Identity and Ideology Chapter 4 Chapter II: Education and Historical Consciousness Chapter 5 Chapter III: Politics in the Diaspora Race in Post-slavery Societies Chapter 6 Chapter IV: Slavery and Black Power Chapter 7 Chapter V: Intellectualism and its Demands Chapter 8 Chapter VI: The Approach to Armageddon Chapter 9 Chapter VII: Assassination of Walter Rodney Chapter 10 Chapter VIII: Garvey and Rodney Chapter 11 Chapter IX: C. L. R. James, Rodney and the Taking of Power Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.   In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with a set of mental images of Africa gleaned from television broadcasts of low-budget Jungle Jim movies in his Iowa childhood and a single viewing of the film version of Out of Africa. (Also with some worries about tropical diseases, insects, and large predators.) But the vibrant reality of Kenya and its people took over the second he deplaned in Nairobi, and this diary records Bill Bryson’s impressions of his trip with his inimitable trademark style of wry observation and curious insight.   From the wrenching poverty of the Kibera slum in Nairobi to the meticulously manicured grounds of the Karen Blixen house and the human fossil riches of the National Museum, Bryson registers the striking contrasts of a postcolonial society in transition. He visits the astoundingly vast Great Rift Valley; undergoes the rigors of a teeth-rattling train journey to Mombasa and a hair-whitening flight through a vicious storm; and visits the refugee camps and the agricultural and economic projects where dedicated CARE professionals wage noble and dogged war against poverty, dislocation, and corruption.   Though brief in compass and duration, Bill Bryson’s African Diary is rich in irreverent, poignant, and morally instructive observation. Like all of this author’s work, it can make the reader laugh, think, and especially, feel all at the same time.

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Book SynopsisRiven by caste, committed to commerce, practicing democratic and Christian ideals haphazardly, the Americo-Liberians created a history that is, to a surprising degree, the mirror image of our own. This book shows that the settlers struggled to balance their high ideals with their prejudices.

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Book SynopsisThe Republic of the Sudan was long the largest country in Africa and, according to the general consensus, also one of the least successful in many ways. This was not entirely its fault since it lay along the fault line between Muslim and Christian Africa and between the Nile Valley civilizations and African Sudanic cultures. This partly explains the long and bloody warfare waged by the Southerners to achieve independence, which they did in July 2011. So this hefty book actually covers not one but two states. This fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan does so, first, through a lengthy and detailed chronology tracing its relatively few successes and numerous failures. The introductory essay does an admirable job of putting it all in perspective. But the most informative part is the dictionary, with now over 700 entries for this fourth edition. They deal with important personalities, politics, the economy, society, culture, religion and inevitably the civil war. ThereTrade ReviewSince the third edition was published, the Republic of Sudan has been partitioned, leading to the independence of the Republic of South Sudan in July 2011. As a result of this major development, this dictionary has been greatly expanded to include much new information on political parties, militias, towns and cities, and the civil war, among many other topics. In addition, new maps, charts, illustrations, and tables have been added. Authors Kramer, Lobban, and Fluehr-Lobban are experts active in the Sudan Studies Association. They deserve commendation for trying "to project a Sudanese point of view to avoid or minimize Eurocentrism; where Sudanese judgments differ we have tried to present multiple and sometimes contradictory views." Similar to the other titles in Scarecrow's historical dictionary series, this work primarily includes A-Z entries covering people, politics, social issues, institutions, and events. In addition, it features maps (of uneven quality), an extensive chronological time line, and an unannotated bibliography. A very brief bibliographic essay provides evaluations of some useful sources. Especially helpful is the much lengthier introduction on the history of the country from the advent of Islam through postindependence. For coverage of much earlier times, see Lobban's Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia. A recurring problem with Scarecrow's historical dictionaries is that the entries do not cite any sources, making it very difficult for students and researchers to do follow-up research. Nevertheless, this is an outstanding ready-reference source providing hard-to-find information on one of the most important countries on the African continent. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. * CHOICE *The Historical Dictionary of Sudan, like its predecessor, starts with the rise of Islam. It concludes with Sudan partitioned into two countries. As with other Historical Dictionaries in the series, it begins with a chronology that has brief entries for the period from 5000 B.C.E. to the 1400s (the time period covered in the Historical Dictionary of Ancient Nubia) and fuller ones from 1504 to 2012 (the time period of this volume). An introductory essay precedes the alphabetic entries about people, places, events, and more. The seven appendixes are: a current factfile; ethno-linguistic groups in or adjoining the Sudan; sultans; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century administrators; 1890 agreement for the administration of the Sudan; political structure and administration; and educational institutions. There is an extensive bibliography broken down into areas such as historical, political, economic, cultural, and more. It includes electronic sources as well as books, journal entries, and audio-visual materials. This work is intended to be a comprehensive reference and research tool for undergraduates and generalist researchers and helpful to specialists in Sudan and African/Middle Eastern studies. * American Reference Books Annual *I would recommend this book to any library with an interest in the region, or in international relations in general, as one of the few balanced resources on an area of potential major conflict. * s *

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERFor millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving us a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle, its causes and consequences.O’Connell brilliantly conveys how Rome amassed a giant army to punish Carthage’s masterful commander, how Hannibal outwitted enemies that outnumbered him, and how this disastrous pivot point in Rome’s history ultimately led to the republic’s resurgence and the creation of its empire. Piecing together decayed shreds of ancient reportage, the author paints powerful portraits of the leading players, from Hannibal—resolutely sane and uncannily strategic—to Scipio Africanus, the self-promotin

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Book SynopsisThis text explores the culture of the pre-colonial West African state of Dahomey against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade and European imperialism. Tracing 200 years of history up to the French colonial conquest in 1894, the book follows change in the monarchy and the palace.

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Book SynopsisProvides the first comprehensive overview of the impact of missionary enterprise on the Xhosa chiefdoms of South Africa in the first half of the nineteenth century, chronicling a world punctuated by war and millenarian eruptions, and the steady encroachment of settler land hunger and colonial hegemony.Trade Review“Colonialism, Christianity and the Xhosa is an accessibly written and compelling synthesis that makes important contributions to several bodies of scholarship that have preoccupied generations of scholars interested in South African history as well as the intersections of empire and Christian evangelism.” - Fiona Vernal, University of Connecticut, author of The Farmerfield Mission: A Christian Community in South Africa, 1838-2008“Timothy Keegan’s book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamic interactions between the Xhosa chiefdoms and the European colonial and missionary enterprise during the first half of the nineteenth century. It explores more fully the Xhosa side of this complex history—how they encountered, rejected, or inculturated Christianity in the rapidly changing world created by European colonial and capitalist expansion. Minutely researched and written in highly accessible prose, the book is a welcome addition to the historiography of South Africa’s coastal belt and should be read eagerly by specialists and non-specialists alike.” - Jochen S. Arndt, Virginia Military Institute, author of Divided by the Word: Colonial Encounters and the Remaking of Zulu and Xhosa IdentitiesTable of Contents Introduction 1. The Meanings of Conversion 2. The Xhosa and their History 3. Colonial Contacts, Colonial Influences 4. The Missionaries and the Chiefs 5. Translations and Conversations 6. The Pull of the Mission 7. Moralizing Africa 8. Aftermaths and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis text explores the profound changes that have affected social relations in Morocco over the last 150 years, particularly those between the sexes and between linguistic identities and cultures. It provides a portrait of Morocco under colonial and post-colonial leadership.

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Book SynopsisThe rise of Zanzibar was based on two major economic transformations. Firstly slaves became used for producing cloves and grains for export. Previously the slaves themselves were exported.Secondly, there was an increased international demand for luxuries such as ivory. At the same time the price of imported manufactured gods was falling.Trade Review“This long-awaited study by Abdul Sheriff adds significant richness in both its wealth of detail and meticulous analysis to our understanding of the rise of Omani Zanzibar and its changing place in the world economy. His prodigious archival research combines with his critical approach to Marxist theory to produce a convincing and stimulating interpretation of this critically important state during a major period of transition in the history of Eastern Africa.”

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Book SynopsisKiswahili has become the lingua franca of eastern Africa. Yet there can be few historic peoples whose identity is as elusive as that of the Swahili. Some have described themselves as Arabs, as Persians or even, in one place, as Portuguese.

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Book SynopsisThis is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the book is a courageous reflection in the dilemmas of African nationhood.Professor

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Book SynopsisWhat have been the most significant developments—political, social, economic—in South Africa since 1994? How much has changed since the demise of apartheid, and how much remains stubbornly the same? Should one celebrate a robust democracy now two decades old, or lament the corrosive effects of factionalism, greed, and corruption on political life?Trade Review“South Africa is a place where the dust never settles. The past is always palpable in its present. In this exceptionally thoughtful book, one of the country’s most distinguished historians, Colin Bundy, explains quite how much this is true. For all its brevity, Short Changed? packs a hefty punch: not only does it offer a compelling explanation for the fall of apartheid, but it makes a very persuasive case for the ways in which the long shadow of colonialism has insinuated itself, is insinuating itself, into the South African here-and-now—and into its probable futures.”“If I was asked by a first time visitor for an accessible guide to the complexities of modern South Africa, I’d suggest Colin Bundy’s Short-Changed. But this isn’t just a primer for beginners. His overview of how South Africa has altered since 1994 contains plenty of fresh insight and new arguments for specialists as well.”“In Shortchanged? South Africa since Apartheid, Colin Bundy provides a powerfully incisive analysis of how the past continues to reverberate in post-apartheid South Africa. He also shows how the prospects for change hinge crucially on confronting the legacies of the past.”“Bundy’s lively and deeply insightful book demonstrates the importance of historical analysis for those who wish to understand contemporary South Africa. Bundy shows that the country's past continues to cast a long shadow over her present; and he argues that the dangers and opportunities that the future holds can only be understood in the context of long range patterns of accumulation and exploitation.”“Insightful and thoughtful throughout, this judicious assessment clarifies the problems facing post-apartheid South Africa with precision and care. I know of no better historically informed introduction to the state of the nation.”

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Book SynopsisStudies the impact of colonialism on a mountainous region of Tanzania.This work examines the struggle between the Meru and Arusha peoples and their German and British rulers over the issue of land and agricultural development on Mount Meru in northern Tanzania. It shows how the Meru and Arashi, faced with an iron ring of land alienated by European settlers successfully intensified their own irrigated agriculture to bring about what has been termed an indigenous agricultural revolution. Tanzania: Mkuki na NyotaTrade Review... highly readable... * TANZANIAN AFFAIRS *... The result is social history in the broadest, most compelling sense. Economics, Upper-division under-graduates and above. - R.R. Atkinson in CHOICE ... Elegantly written and richly allusive, Mountain Farmers enhances our understanding of the impact of colonialism and the market economy on African societies. Employing both anthropological and historical perspectives, Spear tries to understand African actors on their own terms as they struggled to adapt to the wider political and economic forces affecting them... -- Mustafa Kemal Mirzeler * AZANIA *... The montane environments of eastern central Africa offer a treasure house of special evidence which has so far been little exploited by historians... Mountain Farmers is a distinguished contribution to the historiography of eastern Africa. Concise and lucid, it places the pre-colonial history of this small but significant region in perspective with the wider issues introduced by the colonial period. - -- Roland Oliver * JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY *It is a beautifully written text, full of fascinating and well-researched detail, yet never missing the broad historical context. For those interested in the whole process of agricultural innovation and intensification, as population growth and a shrinking land base force adjustments to technical practices and the social control of resources, this is a superb account. * MOUNTAIN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT *...fascinating. Spear weaves history, anthropology, political and economics insights into a compelling account. His powerful and vivid analysis of the assimilation and transformation of Christianity into the basis of political organization by the Arusha and Meru rings true. This book is a must for anyone contemplating working in East Africa, whether as a researcher or development worker, agronomist, economist, historian or anthropologist. - * Katherine Homewood in HISTORY *Table of ContentsPart One Settlement of Mount Meru: mountain farmers - Meru and Chaga in the 17th-19th centuries; Massai farmers - Arusha and pastoral Massai in the 18th-19th centuries. Part Two Colonialism and resistance under German rule: blood on the land - Talala and the Germans, 1881-96; conquest and colonization, 1896-1916; establishment of the mission, 1902-1916. Part Three British rule 1916-61: recolonization; land, population and agricultural development; Christians, coffee, culture and class. Part Four Politics of land and authority: struggles for the land - political and moral economies of land; the politics of land and authority; the Meru land case.

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Book SynopsisStirring the Pot offers a chronology of African cuisine beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing from Africa’s original edible endowments to its globalization, tracing cooks’ use of new crops, spices, and New World imports. It highlighting the relationship between food and the culture, history, and national identity of Africans.Trade Review“A lively and engaging history of African food, cooking, and culinary cultures found within the continent and beyond. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in African history, the African diaspora, food studies, and women's contributions to culinary history.”“In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin…. This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean).” * American Historical Review *“(Stirring the Pot) makes the reader both intellectually and physically hungry.” * Canadian Journal of History *“Stirring the Pot is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on African history, food and foodways, and popular culture…. The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from mature secondary-school students through undergraduates and general readers, but graduate students and academics will also find its detailed documentation helpful.” * Gastronomica *“Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world’s foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn’t appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine….” * Wilson Quarterly, “From the Editors” *“(McCann’s) close reading of a feast offered in 1887 by Tatyu, the wife of Ethiopian king Menelik II, is an exemplary investigation of stat patronage and Ethiopian cuisine. The author’s use of details is eye-catching…. There has been a desperate need for this kind of study for over two decades, so McCann has done African studies a service by writing such a readable book.” * Notes & Records *“The author of the Gourmand award-winning book Stirring the Pot is one of the biggest experts when it comes to the agricultural and cooking history of Africa.” * Gourmand Magazine *“The strongest part of (Stirring the Pot) is its resistance to any fixed notion of ‘traditional’ or ‘authentic’ food, and McCann’s recognition that understanding food requires bringing together ecology, history, politics, and trade.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *“Historian McCann alters the typical proportions of books on food, with 27 select recipes supplementing generous portions of the history of cuisine in Africa and beyond. The author emphasizes disparate influences on Africa’s foodways, including encounters between the continent’s peoples and states along with seminal transformations wrought by post-1492 global circulation of crops…. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries *“Well-written, clear, and informative, Stirring the Pot provides a compelling, readable history of food and cuisine in Africa… a remarkable book.”“For this huge undertaking, McCann focuses on the ways trade, politics, colonialism, and diaspora have shaped a dynamic and enduring gastronomic mélange. Maize, for example, came to Ethiopia via the Arab Red Sea trade and to West Africa from the West Indies in the 16th century, yet didn’t become the continent’s dominant cereal crop until the 20th century. Cheap and filling, maize made economic sense.” * Wilson Quarterly, from the review *“Stirring the Pot addresses the importance of food in interpreting culture and social history in Africa and in those areas of the world touched by African immigrants…. (A)n interesting and informative book that will appeal to a broad audience and is worth the read.” * Popular Anthropology *

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