Feeding Globalization : Madagascar and the Provisioning Trade, 1600–1800

Authors

Jane Hooper

Files

Series

Indian Ocean Studies Series

Description

Between 1600 and 1800, the promise of fresh food attracted more than seven hundred English, French, and Dutch vessels to Madagascar. Throughout this period, European ships spent months at sea in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but until now scholars have not fully examined how crews were fed during these long voyages. Without sustenance from Madagascar, European traders would have struggled to transport silver to Asia and spices back to Europe. Colonies in Mozambique, Mauritius, and at the Cape relied upon frequent imports from Madagascar to feed settlers and slaves.
In Feeding Globalization, Jane Hooper draws on challenging and previously untapped sources to analyze Madagascar’s role in provisioning European trading networks within and ultimately beyond the Indian Ocean. The sale of food from the island not only shaped trade routes and colonial efforts but also encouraged political centralization and the slave trade in Madagascar. Malagasy people played an essential role in supporting European global commerce, with far-reaching effects on their communities.
Feeding Globalization reshapes our understanding of Indian Ocean and global history by insisting historians should pay attention to the role that food played in supporting other exchanges.

Copyright Statement

Feeding Globalization © 2017 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821445945

Publication Date

5-15-2017

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Madagascar, Indian Ocean, European trade, globalization, food history, maritime history, colonialism, provisioning, slave trade, Atlantic world, Indian Ocean world, European expansion, trade networks, sustenance, seafaring, 17th century, 18th century, British trade, French trade, Dutch trade, global commerce, political centralization, colonial economy, food supply, maritime provisioning, global history, economic history, Madagascar history, spice trade, silver trade, European colonies, Mozambique, Mauritius, Cape Colony, Jane Hooper, Feeding Globalization

Disciplines

African History | African Studies | Economic History | Food Studies | Growth and Development | History

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Hooper, Jane, "Feeding Globalization : Madagascar and the Provisioning Trade, 1600–1800" (2017). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 81.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/81