Deep roots : rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora / Edda L. Fields-Black.

Author/creator Fields-Black, Edda L.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvi, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Nalu (African people)--Agriculture. --Guinea.
Baga (African people)--Agriculture. --Guinea.
Rice farmers--Guinea. --History. --18th century.
Rice trade--Guinea. --History. --18th century.
Slave trade--Guinea. --History. --18th century.
Rice--South Carolina. --History. --18th century.
Rice--Georgia. --History. --18th century.
Slavery--South Carolina. --History. --18th century.
Slavery--Georgia. --History. --18th century.

SeriesBlacks in the diaspora
Blacks in the diaspora. ^A235481
Contents The Rio Nunez region : a small corner of West Africa's rice coast region -- The first-comers and the roots of coastal rice-growing technology -- The newcomers and the seeds of tidal rice-growing technology -- Coastal collaboration and specialization : flowering of tidal rice-growing technologies -- The strangers and the branches of coastal rice-growing technology -- Feeding the slave trade : the trade in rice and captives from West Africa's rice coast -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : fieldwork interviews -- Appendix 2 : rice terminology in Atlantic languages spoken in the coastal Rio Nunez region.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index.
LCCN 2008007846
ISBN9780253352194 (cloth)
ISBN0253352193 (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks DT 543.42 .F54 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold