Format:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789047419143
Series Statement:
African Social Studies Ser. v.No. 15
Content:
This detailed ethnography follows trajectories the controversial stimulant khat takes from Kenya's Nyambene Hills to consumers spread throughout the world, and highlights the great economic, social and cultural significance of this transnational commodity for those animating its 'social life'.
Content:
List of Maps and Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Cultivating Miraa in the Nyambene Hills -- Chapter Two: From Mutuati to Manchester: Miraa's Trajectories -- Chapter Three: Transporting Miraa -- Chapter Four: Bargaining over Bundles -- Chapter Five: Trust, Suspicion and Conflict in Miraa Trade Relations -- Chapter Six: Chewing -- Chapter Seven: Miraa and the War on Drugs -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004156593
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004156593
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=467985
