| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction West African Shea From Indigenous Commodity to Postindustrial Luxury; The Setting; Making Butter Indigenous Patterns of Commoditization in Northern Ghana; Shea and the Colonial State Commodity Rule in Northern Ghana; Market Reform and Economic Citizenship in Northern Ghana Promoting and Politicizing Shea in the Wake of Liberalization; Chocolate Wars and Cosmetic Contests Shea as a New Global Commodity; Remaking Markets and Shape-Shifting States Privatizing Shea in Northern Ghana |
| Summary |
This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, cosmopolitan consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shea butter industry -- Ghana
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Shea butter industry -- Africa, West
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Food Industry.
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Shea butter industry
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West Africa
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Ghana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003014613 |
| ISBN |
0203496531 |
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9780203496534 |
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0203576519 |
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9780203576519 |
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9786610048366 |
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6610048363 |
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9781135944674 |
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1135944679 |
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9781135944629 |
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1135944628 |
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9781135944667 |
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1135944660 |
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1280048360 |
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9781280048364 |
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