02479nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10318092 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080222s2008 inuab sb s001 0 eng 2008007846 9780253352194 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253352193 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)434586616 f-gv--- n-us-ga n-us-sc DT543.42 .F54 2008eb 633.1/80899632 22 Fields-Black, Edda L. Deep roots [electronic resource] : rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora / Edda L. Fields-Black. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. xvi, 277 p. : ill., maps. 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Blacks in the diaspora. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10318092 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 59633 59633