Cutting Down Trees - Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990 (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social History of Africa
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Henrietta L Moore • Megan Vaughan
Dimensions:	227 x 142 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-85255-612-2
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-85255-612-8
Barcode:	9780852556122

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