ISBN:
9789004407909
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 429 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Afrika-studiecentrum series volume 38
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Peša, Iva Roads through Mwinilunga
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Peša, Iva Roads through Mwinilunga
DDC:
303.4096894
Keywords:
Social change
;
Mwinilunga District (Zambia) Social conditions
;
Mwinilunga District (Zambia) Economic conditions
Abstract:
Paths to the Past: Continuity and Change in Mwinilunga, c. 1750s-1970s -- Production: Crops, Meat, and Markets -- Mobility -- Consumption: Goods, Wealth, and Meaning -- Settlements and Social Change: Continuity and Change in Village Life -- Conclusion
Abstract:
"Roads through Mwinilunga provides a historical appraisal of social change in Northwest Zambia from 1750 until the present. By looking at agricultural production, mobility, consumption, and settlement patterns, existing explanations of social change are reassessed. Using a wide range of archival and oral history sources, Iva Peša shows the relevance of Mwinilunga to broader processes of colonialism, capitalism, and globalisation. Through a focus on daily life, this book complicates transitions from subsistence to market production and dichotomies between tradition and modernity. Roads through Mwinilunga is a crucial addition to debates on historical and social change in Central Africa"
Note:
Includes index
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