Book ID: CBB941871874

Rice: Global Networks and New Histories (2015)

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Bray, Francesca (Editor)
Coclanis, Peter A. (Editor)
Schäfer, Dagmar (Editor)
Fields-Black, Edda L. (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 446
Language: English

'Global Networks and New Histories Rice' today is food to half the world's population. Its history is inextricably entangled with the emergence of colonialism, the global networks of industrial capitalism, and the modern world economy. The history of rice is currently a vital and innovative field of research attracting serious attention, but no attempt has yet been made to write a history of rice and its place in the rise of capitalism from a global and comparative perspective. Rice is a first step toward such a history. The fifteen chapters, written by specialists on Africa, the Americas, and several regions of Asia, are premised on the utility of a truly international approach to history. Each one brings a new approach that unsettles prevailing narratives and suggests new connections. Together they cast new light on the significant roles of rice as crop, food, and commodity and shape historical trajectories and interregional linkages in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Elta C.
Coclanis, Peter A.
Cobcroft, Wendy
Richard Dwight Porcher
Follett, Richard J.
Baum, Robert M.
Concepts
Rice and rice industry
Agriculture
Rice growing
Global history
Colonialism
Economics
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
20th century, late
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Early modern
Places
Japan
Asia
Africa
South Carolina (U.S.)
Europe
China
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
World Health Organization (WHO)
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