West Africa's agriculture has, for 150 years, been heavily geared toward export, yet the region is one of the world's poorest. Keith Hart examines this question, focusing particularly on how this situation has affected the indigenous peoples of West Africa. Commerce has grown impressively, but productivity remains low and capital accumulation is retarded. The reasons exist primarily in internal conditions shaping social institutions. Before, during, and since colonialism, the particular problems of these preindustrial ...
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West Africa's agriculture has, for 150 years, been heavily geared toward export, yet the region is one of the world's poorest. Keith Hart examines this question, focusing particularly on how this situation has affected the indigenous peoples of West Africa. Commerce has grown impressively, but productivity remains low and capital accumulation is retarded. The reasons exist primarily in internal conditions shaping social institutions. Before, during, and since colonialism, the particular problems of these preindustrial states have shaped agricultural development more than the pressure supposedly emanating from the 'world system' of international capitalism. This book, following the classical economists as well as Marx and Lenin, argues for the necessity of rapid capitalist penetration into West African agriculture. The book is also a readable introduction to the history and ethnography of the region as a whole.
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Very Good-Fine. 8vo ix, 226 acknowledgments, 7 chapters, notes, select annotated bibliography, supplementary bibliography, index. Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology, n. 43. Inked name on halr-title. Faint crease to bottom corner front wrapper with very minor edgewear, else, Fine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Wraps.
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Social anthropology, including a note on kinship and slavery, types of crops, division of labor, role of the state and of international donors. --Softcover, 226 pages. Condition: very good (corner lightly bumped). ISBN 0521284236.
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