African knowledge transfer in Early Modern Portugal: Enslaved people and rice cultivation in Tagus and Sado rivers

The origins of rice cultivation on the margins of the rivers Sado and Tagus, and the accompanying agroecological and technological changes have not been studied hitherto. Little is known about the dynamics of the salt-fresh water frontiers in those rivers, namely the conversion of marshes into rice...

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Main Authors: Miguel CARMO, Joana SOUSA, Pedro VARELA, Ricardo VENTURA, Manuel BIVAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2020-12-01
Series:Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
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Online Access:http://www.studistorici.com/2020/12/29/sousa-bivar-carmo-varela-ventura_numero_44/