Farm Labour

This 1985 book highlights important attributes of farm labour, how it is mobilised and controlled, and places it within a context of historical change.

List of contents

List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; 1. Patterns of work: the use and deployment of farm labour; 2. Domestic groups and the organisation of farm labour; 3. Farm labour and the market economy; 4. Agricultural labourers, share-croppers and migrant workers; 5. Labour co-operation: growth, decline and persistence; 6. Farm labour and programmes of agrarian change; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This 1985 book highlights important attributes of farm labour, how it is mobilised and controlled, and places it within a context of historical change. International trade, colonialism, the growth of towns and transport have all exerted a powerful influence on rural Africa; yet agriculture is still dominated by small-commodity producers.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Swindell, Kenneth Swindell, Swindell Ken
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.1985
• EAN: 9780521272124
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27212-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Synopses of the British Fauna; African Society Today
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Africa, Political Economy