Deep roots rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora /
Fields-Black, Edda L.
Deep roots rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora / [electronic resource] : Edda L. Fields-Black. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. - xvi, 277 p. : ill., maps. - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Nalu (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.
Baga (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.
Rice farmers--History--Guinea--18th century.
Rice trade--History--Guinea--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Guinea--18th century.
Rice--History--South Carolina--18th century.
Rice--History--Georgia--18th century.
Slavery--History--South Carolina--18th century.
Slavery--History--Georgia--18th century.
Electronic books.
DT543.42 / .F54 2008
633.1/80899632
Deep roots rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora / [electronic resource] : Edda L. Fields-Black. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. - xvi, 277 p. : ill., maps. - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Nalu (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.
Baga (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.
Rice farmers--History--Guinea--18th century.
Rice trade--History--Guinea--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Guinea--18th century.
Rice--History--South Carolina--18th century.
Rice--History--Georgia--18th century.
Slavery--History--South Carolina--18th century.
Slavery--History--Georgia--18th century.
Electronic books.
DT543.42 / .F54 2008
633.1/80899632