Sacred Trees, Bitter Harvests

Weiss explores the dynamic relation of specific local, regional, and global understandings of value as manifested in the coffee of rural Haya communities. His investigation offers critical insight into the significance of colonial and postcolonial encounters in this region of Africa.

List of contents

CONTENTSCONTENTSContents Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Sacred Life of Plants: Placing Royal Growth 15 2. Coffee, Cowries, and Currencies: Transforming Material Wealth 47 3. A Religion of the Rupee: Imagining the Coffee Market 78 4. Wood, Land, and Water: A Colonial Arboretum 107 5. "A Wild Orchard Crop": Contentions in Agricultural Innovation 141 6. Extraordinary Measures: The Techniques of Modernity 162 Bibliography 191 Index 199

About the author

Brad Weiss is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary.

Product details

• Authors: Weiss, Brad Weiss
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9780325070957
• ISBN: 978-0-325-07095-7
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 243 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy