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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung From its examination of inheritance, innovation, and borrowing, Deep Roots fashions a theory of cultural change that encompasses the diversity of communities, cultures, and forms of expression in Africa and the African diaspora. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
