Fields-Black, Edda L. <br/><br/>
Deep roots :  rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora / 
Edda L. Fields-Black. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2008. 
 - xvi, 277 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Blacks in the diaspora .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index. 
<br/><br/>The Rio Nunez region : a small corner of West Africa's rice coast re gion -- The first-comers and the roots of coastal rice-growing technolo gy -- The newcomers and the seeds of tidal rice-growing technology -- C oastal collaboration and specialization : flowering of tidal rice-growi ng technologies -- The strangers and the branches of coastal rice-growi ng technology -- Feeding the slave trade : the trade in rice and captiv es from West Africa's rice coast -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : fieldwor k interviews -- Appendix 2 : rice terminology in Atlantic languages spo ken in the coastal Rio Nunez region. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253352194 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253352193 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008-007846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nalu (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.<br/>Baga (African people)--Agriculture--Guinea.<br/>Rice farmers.<br/>Rice trade.<br/>Slave trade.<br/>Rice--History--South Carolina-- 18th century.<br/>Rice--History--Georgia-- 18th century.<br/>Slavery--History--South Carolina-- 18th century.<br/>Slavery--History--Georgia-- 18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>633.18