{"product_id":"palm-oil-diaspora-afro-brazilian-landscapes-and-economies-on-bahias-dende-coast-hardback-9781108478823","title":"Palm Oil Diaspora; Afro-Brazilian Landscapes and Economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast (Hardback) 9781108478823","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePalm Oil Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAfro-Brazilian Landscapes and Economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn environmental history and political ecology of palm oil in colonial Brazil, the African diaspora, and the Atlantic World.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCase Watkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108478823, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e15 x 23 x 2.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an extraordinary and timely study of both the history and contemporary circumstances concerning the African oil palm in Brazil … The book is clearly written, very well structured …' Merle L. Bowen, Agricultural History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBehind the social and environmental destruction of modern palm oil production lies a long and complex history of landscapes, cultures, and economies linking Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic World. Case Watkins traces palm oil from its prehistoric emergence in western Africa to biodiverse groves and cultures in Northeast Brazil, and finally the plantation monocultures plundering contemporary rainforest communities. Drawing on ethnography, landscape interpretation, archives, travelers' accounts, and geospatial analysis, Watkins examines human-environmental relations too often overlooked in histories and geographies of the African diaspora, and uncovers a range of formative contributions of people and ecologies of African descent to the societies and environments of the (post)colonial Americas. Bridging literatures on Black geographies, Afro-Brazilian and Atlantic studies, political ecology, and decolonial theory and praxis, this study connects diverse concepts and disciplines to analyze and appreciate the power, complexity, and potentials of Bahia's Afro-Brazilian palm oil economy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Assembling an Afro-Brazilian economy\u003cbr\u003e 2. African and Atlantic Worlds\u003cbr\u003e 3. Creolization\u003cbr\u003e 4. An Afro-Brazilian landscape\u003cbr\u003e 5. South Atlantic exchange\u003cbr\u003e 6. Landscapes, religions, transitions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Complexity\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: decolonizing dendê.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913302597912,"sku":"9781108478823","price":70.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108478823i_a73ff79e-bc87-42c9-bf2d-ceb798761d7b.jpg?v=1696705991","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/palm-oil-diaspora-afro-brazilian-landscapes-and-economies-on-bahias-dende-coast-hardback-9781108478823","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}