Forgotten Fields: Inland Rice Plantations in the South Carolina Lowcountry
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About the Project Author
Hayden Smith teaches U.S. and world history at the College of Charleston. His book, Carolina's Golden Fields: Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1860, was published with Cambridge University Press in 2020. He received his PhD in History from the University of Georgia in 2012, and his dissertation, Rich Swamps and Rice Grounds: The Specialization of Inland Rice Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1861, focuses on the intersection of technology, culture, and environment. Upcoming publications include: “Reserving Water: Environmental and Technological Relationships with Colonial South Carolina Rice Plantations,” in Rice: Global Networks and New Histories, eds. Francesca Bray, Peter Coclanis, Edda Fields-Black, Dagmar Schafer (Cambridge University Press).
Editorial Contributors
Andrew Agha, archeologist at Charles Town Landing State Park and Archaeological Research Collective, Inc.
Daniel Littlefield, University of South Carolina
Richard Porcher, The Citadel: Military College of South Carolina
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Link
Lowcountry Rice Culture Project
http://www.lowcountryriceculture.org/
Collections From Lowcountry Digitial Library