ISBN:
904743059X
,
9789047430599
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 268 pages)
Series Statement:
African social studies series v. 18
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.1/2
Keywords:
Geschichte 1880-2000
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
;
Jenever
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Gin Social aspects
;
Gin History
;
Gin History
;
Gin
;
Niederlande
;
Nigeria
;
Ghana
;
Nigeria
;
Gin
;
Geschichte 1880-2000
;
Ghana
;
Gin
;
Geschichte 1880-2000
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index
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List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: foreign imports, local meanings; 2. The Rise of Gin; 3. Becoming the King of Drinks; 4. 'Bird gin' and 'money gin': brands and marketing; 5. Poison or medicine? Changing perceptions of Dutch gin; 6. 'Your very good health!' Gin for an independent West Africa; 7. Schnapps gin from modernity to tradition; Bibliography; Index
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Using a focus on the trajectory of commoditisation of gin in West Africa, this book investigates how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. It shows that local consumers, not foreign advertisers, produced the importance of schnapps gin for Africa
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