Edda L Fields-Black

Deep Roots

Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

Edda L. Fields-Black is an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in pre-colonial and West African history. With research interests extending into the African diaspora, for more than 15 years Fields-Black has traveled to and lived in Guinea, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, and Georgia to uncover the history of African rice farmers and rice cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780253016102
• ISBN-10: 025301610X
• Artikelnr.: 41242030

Autorenporträt

Edda L. Fields-Black

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Orthography
Introduction
1. The Rio Nunez Region: A Small Corner of West Africa's Rice Coast Region
2. The First-Comers and the Roots of Coastal Rice-growing Technology
3. The Newcomers and the Seeds of Tidal Rice-Growing Technology
4. Coastal Collaboration and Specialization: Flowering of Tidal
Rice-Growing Technologies
5. The Strangers and the Branches of Coastal Rice-growing Technology,
c.1500 to 1800
6. Feeding the Slave Trade: The Trade in Rice and Captives from West
Africa's Rice Coast
Conclusion
Appendix I.1 Fieldwork Interviews
Appendix I.2 Rice Terminology in Atlantic Languages Spoken in the Coastal
Rio Nunez Region
Notes
Bibliography
Index