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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carney, Judith Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2001]
Series:ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Rice > Southern States > History.
Rice > Africa, West > History.
Enslaved persons > 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.
Enslaved persons.
Sklaverei
Reisanbau
Rijstbouw.
Slaven (arbeid)
Sklaverei.
Reisanbau.
West Africa.
Southern States.
Westafrika
USA > Südstaaten
Westafrika.
USA > Südstaaten.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Atlantic World
  • 6. Legacies

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