Deep roots : rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora

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

Author/creator	Fields-Black, Edda L.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Description	xvi, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	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.

Series	Blacks 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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index.
LCCN	2008007846
ISBN	9780253352194 (cloth)
ISBN	0253352193 (cloth)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DT 543.42 .F54 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold