Duvall The African Roots of Marijuana

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0453-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

In this authoritative history of cannabis in Africa, Chris S. Duvall challenges what readers thought they knew about cannabis by correcting widespread myths, outlining its relationship to slavery and colonialism, and highlighting Africa's centrality to knowledge about and the consumption of one of the world's most ubiquitous plants.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duvall, Chris S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: Pay Attention to African Cannabis
1. Cannabis and Africa 3
2. Race and Plant Evolution 33
Part II. Evidence: How Cannabis Came to Africa, What Happened to it There, and How It Crossed the Atlantic
3. Roots of African Cannabis Cultures 53
4. Cannabis Colonizes the Continent 72
5. A Convenient Crop 95
6. Society Overturned: The Bena Riamba 112
7. Cannabis Crosses the Atlantic 125
Part III. Discussion and Conclusions: What Carried Cannabis?
8. Working under the Influence 159
9. Buying and Banning 184
10. Rethinking Marijuana 216
Acknowledgments 231
Notes 233
Index 341

Über Autor(innen)

Chris S. Duvall is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of New Mexico and author of Cannabis.