Nourishing a Stateless Society during the Slave Trade: The Rise of Balanta Paddy-Rice Production in Guinea-Bissau

This essay examines the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on stateless societies, focusing on Balanta populations of present-day Guinea-Bissau. It demonstrates that some decentralized groups located on the 'slaving frontiers' of states managed not only to survive but also to thrive. In so...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of African History. - Cambridge University Press. - 42(2001), 1, Seite 1-24
1. Verfasser: Hawthorne, Walter (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2001
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Journal of African History
Schlagworte:Guinea-Bissau Slave Trade Agriculture Decentralized Societies Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Physical sciences