The Broken Hoe - Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria

List of IllustrationsPreface1: Issues in Rural Development2: The Biase of Southeastern Nigeria3: Use of Environmental Resources4: Managing the Environment5: The Economy6: Biase Social Organization and the Reconstruction of Gender Roles7: Rural Politics in a State Polity8: Ideology9: Implications for AnthropologyGlossary of Agwagune WordsReferencesIndex

Summary

A study of the Biase, an ethnic group living in Southeast Nigeria. The author examines whether Western practices and technologies may improve their standard of living or whether their indigenous beliefs and strategies are better suited to local conditions.

Product details

• Authors: David U. Iyam, David Uru Iyam, Iyam David Uru
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1995
• EAN: 9780226388496
• ISBN: 978-0-226-38849-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 397 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nigeria, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies