A01=Henrietta L. Moore
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agricultural change
Audrey Richards
Author_Henrietta L. Moore
Author_Megan Vaughan
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Category=JHMC
Category=NHH
chitemene agricultural system
ecological impact
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labour migration
political impact
Rural food supply
slash and burn
social impact
southern Africa
Product details
- ISBN 9780852556122
- Weight: 444g
- Dimensions: 142 x 227mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1994
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Herskovits Prize Winner
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 authorsprovide 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
