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CUTTING DOWN TREES
GENDER, NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURAL CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF ZAMBIA, 1890-1990 |
| By: |
Henrietta L. Moore, Megan Vaughan |
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Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0852556128 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780852556122 |
| Publisher: |
JAMES CURREY |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1994 |
| Series: |
Social History of Africa S. |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Herskovits Prize Winner |
| Synopsis: |
What are the problems of rural food supply in southern Africa today and how have they arisen historically? In part this book is a reconstruction of an African agricultural system over one hundred years; in part it is an examination of the construction of knowledge about a rural African people. The first half of the book focuses on the chitemene agricultural system of the Bemba known as slash and burn. The authors show that chitemene involves a great deal more than the cutting and burning of trees. The second half addresses the question of labour migration and its effects on the agricultural production of the area, re-visiting the colonial debate with new evidence. The authors provide a critical re-assessment of Audrey Richards' classic work, Land, Labour and Diet: An Economic Study of the Bemba Tribe and assess the ecological, social and political impact on a rural society undergoing rapid change. North America: Heinemann |
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5 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
James Currey |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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