Planting Rice and Harvesting Slaves Transformations along the Guinea-Bissau Coast,1400-1900

Name: Planting Rice and Harvesting Slaves Transformations along the Guinea-Bissau Coast,1400-1900
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ISBN: 9780325070490

ISBN-10: 0325070490

ISBN-13: 9780325070490

Edition: 2003

Authors: Walter Hawthorne

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Hawthorne reevaluates long-held notions about the Atlantic slave trade's impact on a number of "stateless" - or decentralized - societies in Africa's Guinea-Bissau region. He shows that decentralized societies were by no means passive victims of the slave trade, as commonly depicted in the literature, but vigorously defended themselves from the incursions of the raiders. The imperatives of defense and their participation in the trade led to a fundamental reordering of decentralized societies, especially in the realm of agriculture and agricultural labor, as rice became the staple crop in the region. Contrary to standard interpretations, Hawthorne shows that rice production and capacities…

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List price: $49.05
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 10/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Walter Hawthorne is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University.



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Dynamics of Regional Interactions



Political, Economic, and Agricultural Patterns Before the Mid-Sixteenth Century



Shipping Slaves from a Decentralized Region



Producing Slaves in a Decentralized Region



The Dynamics of Intracommunity Interactions



Struggles over New Political and Economic Institutions in Balanta Communities in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries



The Rise of Balanta Paddy Rice Production and Masculinization of Agricultural Labor in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries



Political, Economic, and Agricultural Patterns in the Nineteenth Century


Conclusion



Bissau Slave Census of 1856



Cape Verde Slave Census of 1856



Cacheu Slave Census of 1856



Bissau, Cape Verde, and Cacheu Slave Censuses of 1856 Combined



Slave Exports from the Guinea-Bissau Region


Glossary of Foreign Terms and Measurements


Bibliography


Index