Machine derived contents note: Introduction; Part I. The pre-colonial period; 1. The preservation of order in stateless societies: a reinterpretation of Evans-Pritchard's The Nuer; 2. The centralisation of African societies; Part II. The colonial period; 3. Pressure groups, public policy and agricultural development: a study of divergent outcomes; 4. The commercialisation of agriculture and the rise of rural political protest; Part III. Agrarian society in post-independence Africa; 5. The nature and origins of agricultural policies in Africa; Conclusion; Notes; Index
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