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1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Africa and the diaspora |
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Africa and the diaspora.
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Introduction : tenure, wealth, and environment -- I: Stories of conquest -- 1. Nachituti's gift : the Kazembe kingdom and owners of the land -- 2. The colonial net : chiefs on a colonial border -- 3. The meanings of wealth : people and things -- II: The fishery -- 4. Mpumbu : colonialism and conversation -- 5. Pale : states and patrons -- 6. Chisense : wealth and family -- Conclusion : tragic assumptions |
| Summary |
Nachituti's Gift challenges conventional theories of economic development with a compelling comparative case study of inland fisheries in Zambia and Congo from pre- to postcolonial times. Neoclassical development models conjure a simple, abstract progression from wealth held in people to money or commodities; instead, Gordon argues, primary social networks and oral charters like "Nachituti's Gift" remained decisive long after the rise of intensive trade and market activities. Interweaving oral traditions, songs, and interviews as well as extensive archival research, Gordon's lively tale is at once a subtle analysis of economic and social transformations, an insightful exercise in environmental history, and a revealing study of comparative politics.--Publisher description |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
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Fish trade -- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
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Bemba (African people) -- Economic conditions
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY.
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Bemba (African people) -- Economic conditions
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Ecology
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Economic history
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Fish trade
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Fisheries -- Economic aspects
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Manners and customs
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Fischfang
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Soziale Situation
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Wirtschaft
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Social life and customs
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Economic conditions
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Environmental conditions
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Africa -- Luapula River Valley
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Luapula Sambia
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Bemba.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0299213633 |
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9780299213633 |
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