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Custodians of the land : ecology & culture in the history of Tanzania /
"Farming and pastoral societies inhabit ever-changing environments. This relationship between environment and rural culture, politics and economy in Tanzania is the subject of this volume which will be valuable in reopening debates on Tanzanian history." "In his conclusion, Isaria N....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Athens :
James Currey ; Ohio University Press,
1996.
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| Colección: | Eastern African studies (London, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Farming and pastoral societies inhabit ever-changing environments. This relationship between environment and rural culture, politics and economy in Tanzania is the subject of this volume which will be valuable in reopening debates on Tanzanian history." "In his conclusion, Isaria N. Kimambo, a founding father of Tanzanian history, reflects on the efforts of successive historians to strike a balance between external causes of change and local initiative in their interpretations of Tanzanian history." "He shows that nationalist and Marxist historians of Tanzanian history, understandably preoccupied through the first quarter-century of the country's post-colonial history with the impact of imperialism and capitalism on East Africa, tended to overlook the initiatives taken by rural societies to transform themselves." "Yet there is good reason for historians to think about the causes of change and innovation in the rural communities of Tanzania, because farming and pastoral people have constantly changed as they adjusted to shifting environmental conditions."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 058507688X 9780585076881 9780821440056 0821440055 9781782049838 1782049835 |