Jeremy Rich (Cabrini College, Radnor, Pennsylvania)
Submitted: Wed, 22 May 2002
Jeremy McMaster Rich
Associate Professor, Department of History
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 23, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: 615-898-2574
jrich@mtsu.edu
Selected publications
BOOKS
Co-editor with Carina Ray of Navigating African Maritime History, to be
published in the Research in Maritime History series, Memorial University
of Newfoundland Press, 2010
A Workman is Worthy of His Meat: Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007)
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Dr. Jeremy Rich
Assistant Professor
Department of History and Political Science
Cabrini College
610 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-3698 USA
e-mail: roiadende@yahoo.fr
Present research:
Social history of colonial Gabon. I spent over a year on a Fulbright IIE grant
in Libreville in 1999-2000 and am interested in town life, the rise of the
timber industry, gender and racial identities, and food supply in Libreville
during the colonial period.
Recent publications:
2002 "King or Knave?: Felix Adende Rapontchombo, Colonial Politics, and Protest
in the Gabon Estuary, 1876-1911," African Studies Quarterly (Forthcoming, 2002)
2002 "Une Babylone Noire: Single Women and 'Prostitution' in Colonial
Libreville, 1870-1914." French Colonial History (Forthcoming, 2002)
2002 "Leopard Men, Slaves, and Social Conflict in Colonial Libreville c.
1860-1880." International Journal of African Historical Studies (Forthcoming,
2002)
2002 "Eating Disorders: A Social History of Food Consumption and Supply in
Colonial Libreville, Gabon, c. 1840-1960." Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University,
2002.
2002 "Gabon." In Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Africa, edited by Paul
Tiyambe Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh (London: Routledge, Forthcoming, 2002)
2001 "Starving in Plenty and in Poverty: Famine in the Gabon Estuary,
1916-1926." Boston University, African Studies Working Paper 239, 2001
2000 "We Eat Out Of The Same Pot: Poison, Food and Power in Colonial Libreville
c. 1865-1921." Mots Pluriels 15 (September 2000). http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels
Recent Presentations:
"Heroic Tailors and Lazy Children: Urban Negotiations, Colonial Identities, and
Welfare in Libreville (Gabon), 1937-1950," French Colonial Historical Society
Annual Meeting, Yale University, May 2002
"A Hunger For Power: Protests, Food Scarcity and Town Politics in Colonial
Libreville 1920-1926," African Studies Association Annual Conference, Houston,
Texas, November 2001
"Sex, Scandal and Starvation: Gender Tensions, Urban Women and Anti-Colonial
Protests in Libreville (Gabon) 1921-1922," Humanities and Social Sciences
Colloquium, Colby College, October 2001
"Letters, Lumber, and Laments: Famine and Urban Protest in the Gabon Estuary,
1916-1926," Walter Rodney Seminar Series, Boston University, October 2001
"Une Babylone Noire: Single Women and 'Prostitution' in Colonial Libreville
1870-1914," French Colonial Historical Society Annual Meeting, Michigan State
University, May 2001
"A Workman Is Worthy Of His Meat: Labor Disputes, Food and Urban Identity in
Colonial Libreville 1860-1900," South Eastern Regional Seminar on African
Studies, Northern Kentucky University, April 2001
"Claws And Chattel: Leopard Men, Slaves and Sorcery in Colonial Libreville
(Gabon) 1877-1880," 6th Annual Midwestern African Graduate Students Conference,
Northwestern University, March 2001
"Serving Many Masters: Political Strategies and Colonial Protests in the Gabon
Estuary 1876-1911," International Securities Studies Imperial History
Conference, Yale University, February 2001
"Bewitching Boycotts: Sorcery and Politics in Colonial Libreville 1880-1920,"
University of Chicago African Studies Workshop, April 1999
"Ambivalent Desires: Women's Experiences in Late 19th Century Libreville,"
Indiana University African Studies Seminar, February 1999