Black rice : the African origins of rice cultivation in the Americas /

Carney, Judith Ann,

Black rice : the African origins of rice cultivation in the Americas / Judith A. Carney. - 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps - ACLS Fellows' publications. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Encounters -- 2. Rice Origins and Indigenous Knowledge -- 3. Out of Africa: Rice Culture and African Continuities -- 4. This Was "Woman's Wuck" -- 5. African Rice and the AtlanticWorld -- 6. Legacies -- Notes -- References -- Index

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"Through agricultural and historical evidence, [the author establishes] the independent domestication of rice in West Africa and its vital significance there for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began."--Jacket.


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2010.


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9780674029217 (electronic bk.) 0674029216 (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (pbk.) 0674262530 9780674262539

10.4159/9780674029217 doi

22573/ctvjts1pg JSTOR




Rice--History.--Southern States
Rice--History.--Africa, West
Slaves--Southern States.
Riz--Histoire.--États-Unis (Sud)
Riz--Histoire.--Afrique occidentale
Esclaves--États-Unis (Sud)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Agronomy--Crop Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
Rice.
Slaves.
Sklaverei
Reisanbau
Rijstbouw.
Slaven (arbeid)


West Africa.
Southern States.
Westafrika
USA--Südstaaten


Electronic books.
History.

SB191.R5 / C35 2001

633.1/8/0975

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