Deep roots rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Bloomington
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Indiana University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 277 p. , ill., maps , 24 cm.
SERIES
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Blacks in the diaspora
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]237[-256( and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.