TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carney,Judith A.
TI  - Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
SN  - 9780674029217
AV  - SB191 
U1  - 633.1/8/0975 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Rice-Southern States-History
KW  - Rice-Africa, West-History
KW  - Enslaved persons-Southern States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Encounters -- 2 Rice Origins and Indigenous Knowledge -- 3 Out of Africa: Rice Culture and African Continuities -- 4 This Was "Woman's Wuck -- 5 African Rice and the Atlantic World -- 6 Legacies -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - 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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