@article{741072,
      recid = {741072},
      author = {Bray, Francesca, and Coclanis, Peter A., and Fields-Black,  Edda L., and Schaefer, Dagmar,},
      title = {Rice : global networks and new histories /},
      pages = {xxi, 421 pages :},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/741072},
}