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010 _a 2021053036
020 _a9781620971567
_q(hardcover)
020 _z9781620971574
_q(ebook)
040 _aIEN/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
_dMiTN
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050 0 0 _aHT867
_b.L49 2022
082 0 4 _a306.3620966
_223/eng/20211028
100 1 _aLewis, Jori,
245 1 0 _aSlaves for peanuts :
_ba story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history /
_cJori Lewis.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bThe New Press,
_c2022.
300 _axiii, 367 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c29 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-362) and index.
520 _a"A stunning work of popular history-the story of how a crop transformed the history of slavery. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had officially banned it in the territories they controlled"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAgricultural laborers
_zAfrica, West.
650 0 _aPeanut industry
_zAfrica, West.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zAfrica, West.
999 _c524446
_d524446