Format:
xvii, 332 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
0300218532
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9780300218534
Series Statement:
Yale agrarian studies series
Content:
"A rich analysis of the complex dynamic between food collection and food production in the farming societies of precolonial south central Africa. Using linguistic, archaeological, and other evidence, this sweeping study explores the place of subsistence in the precolonial history of south central Africa across nearly three millennia. Contrary to popular conceptions that place farming at the heart of political and social change, political innovation in precolonial African farming societies as actually contingent on developments in food collection." - P. [4] of cover
Content:
The Sources and Settings of Botatwe History -- Planting Settlements, Forging the Savanna: Subsistence on the Central Frontier, 1000 BCE to 750 CE -- Fame in the Kafue: The Politics of Technology, Talent, and Landscape, 750 to 1250 -- Of Kith and Kin: Bushcraft and Social Incorporation, 950 to 1250 -- Life on the Central Frontier: The Geographies of Technology, Trade, and Prestige, 750 to 1700
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-326) and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Ethnology
Keywords:
Zentralafrika
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Subsistenzwirtschaft
;
Wirtschaft
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Geschichte 1000-1900
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Geschichte
