Lewis (1999) is specifically addressing the American-African diaspora in a North Atlanticist frame .

Low-country planters sent slaves to grow rice, a many-handed task performed in the watery provinces of thousand-acre empires.

The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.

The notable difference between the performance of the government's agricultural firms and private agribusinesses is that the private firms use formal production contracts. These contracts add a measure of market security to both the processing factory and the grower which is the cornerstone of an economic atmosphere conducive to rapid agricultural development.