rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora Fields-Black, Edda L. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. inu Bloomington Indiana University Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xvi, 277 p. : ill., maps. 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. Edda L. Fields-Black. Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. f-gv--- n-us-ga n-us-sc 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 DT543.42 .F54 2008eb 633.1/80899632 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10318092 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10318092 CaPaEBR 080222 ebr10318092