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- Title
Beyond "Black Rice": Reconstructing Material and Cultural Contexts for Early Plantation Agriculture.
- Authors
EDELSON, S. MAX
- Abstract
The article presents discussion concerning the "black rice thesis" promoted by some transatlantic historians and addressed in the journal's previous article "Agency and Diaspora in Atlantic History," by David Eltis, Philip Morgan, and David Richardson, originally printed in the December 2007 issue. The author agrees with the criticism offered in the original article, but also noting flaws within their methodology, suggesting instead that focus should be given to the development of early plantation life rather than the direct impact of the slave trade. Further questions are then raised and addressed discussing alternative causes of rice culture in the colonial states of North America and the implications of cultural transfer and contribution in Atlantic studies.
- Subjects
HISTORIOGRAPHY; RICE; PLANTATION life; SLAVE trade; ELTIS, David; MORGAN, Philip; RICHARDSON, David; HISTORICAL research methods; ATLANTIC studies; HISTORY
- Publication
American Historical Review, 2010, Vol 115, Issue 1, p125
- ISSN
0002-8762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/ahr.115.1.125