Black rice : the African origins of rice cultivation in the Americas / Judith A. Carney.
Material type: TextSeries: ACLS Fellows' publications | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2001]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
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- Rice -- Southern States -- History
- Rice -- Africa, West -- History
- Slaves -- Southern States
- Riz -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire
- Riz -- Afrique occidentale -- Histoire
- Esclaves -- États-Unis (Sud)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies
- Rice
- Slaves
- West Africa
- Southern States
- Sklaverei
- Reisanbau
- Westafrika
- USA -- Südstaaten
- Rijstbouw
- Slaven (arbeid)
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- SB191.R5 C35 2001
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- 15.85
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
"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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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
English.
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