Cultivating Success in Uganda - Kigezi Farmers & Colonial Policies

Informationen zum Autor Grace Carswell is a lecturer in geography at Sussex University. Klappentext Grace Carswell presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead, and Leach, her case study confirms recent research suggesting that the usual assumptions about population pressure, environment, and long-term land-use change need to be questioned. Her findings are particularly exciting for all those involved in the ongoing key debates in natural resource management, development studies, and environmental history. Zusammenfassung Kigezi! a district in southwestern Uganda! is exceptional in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world! this district did not adopt cash crops. This book presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi.

Product details

• Authors: Grace Carswell
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780821417799
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1779-9
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Eastern African Studies (Hardc; Eastern African Studies; Eastern African Studies; Eastern African Studies (Hardc
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology