Black Rice - The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas

Informationen zum Autor Judith A. Carney is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Rice was a major plantation crop during the first 300 years of settlement in the Americas. It accompanied slaves across the Middle Passage throughout the New World to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern U.S. Carney reveals how racism has shaped our historical memory and neglected this critical African contribution to the making of the Americas. Zusammenfassung Rice was a major plantation crop during the first 300 years of settlement in the Americas. It accompanied slaves across the Middle Passage throughout the New World to Brazil! the Caribbean! and the southern U.S. Carney reveals how racism has shaped our historical memory and neglected this critical African contribution to the making of the Americas.

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• Authors: Judith A Carney, Judith A. Carney, Judith Ann Carney, Carney Judith A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2002
• EAN: 9780674008342
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00834-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geschichte, Ethnic Studies, Geography, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / General, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, North America (USA and Canada), Agribusiness and primary industries, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period, African history: pre-colonial period