| Descript |
xvi, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Blacks in the diaspora
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| 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 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index |
| Subject |
Nalu (African people) -- Agriculture -- Guinea
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Baga (African people) -- Agriculture -- Guinea
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Rice farmers -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century
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Rice trade -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century
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Slave trade -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century
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Rice -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century
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Rice -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century
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Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century
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Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780253352194 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253352193 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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