{"product_id":"cutting-down-trees","title":"Cutting Down Trees","description":"Herskovits Prize Winner\n\nWhat 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.\n 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.\n\n  North America: Heinemann","brand":"James Currey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217303884120,"sku":"9780852556122","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780852556122_eec46a6b-3148-402c-91ca-33b2ef4f1675.jpg?v=1768277724","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cutting-down-trees","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}