The market preparation of Carolina rice : an illustrated history of innovations in the lowcountry rice kingdom / Richard Dwight Porcher, Jr., and William Robert Judd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porcher, Richard D., Jr. (Richard Dwight), author.

Judd, William Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice trade--South Carolina--History.

Rice trade.

Rice--South Carolina--History.

Rice.

History.

South Carolina.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 379 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2014]

Contents:

List of illustrations

Foreword / David S. Shields

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A brief history of rice

The origins and introductions of rice seeds

The culture of Carolina rice

Harvesting

Threshing

Milling

City mills and large plantation toll mills

The golden age of rice, 1800-1860

The last days of rice planting

Epilogue / Richard Dwight Porcher, Jr.

Appendix 1: Original field research plantations and sites

Appendix 2: Museums with originally manufactured products and/or machinery

Appendix 3: United States patents for rice-processing machinery, 1829-1887

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611173512

1611173515

OCLC:

862097017