The African antecedents of Uncle Ben in U.S. rice history

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Carney, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; RICE; SLAVE;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037237474     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhge.2002.0450     Document Type: Article

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