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People of the plow : an agricultural history of Ethiopia, 1800-1990 /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCann, James, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1995.
Colección:History e-book project.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations
  • Maps
  • Tables
  • Transliteration
  • Preface
  • Prologue: Fanus, Agriculture, and History
  • Part I. The Plow and the Land
  • 1. The Salubrious Highlands: A Historical Setting
  • 2. The Ox-Plow Complex: an Ecological Revolution
  • 3. Fanus in the Agrarian Polity: Historical Trends in Population, Fanu Resources, and Specialized Agriculture, 1800-1916
  • Part II. The Plow and Ethiopian Historical Landscapes
  • 4. From Royal Fields to Marginal Lands: Agriculture in Ankober, Shawa, 1840-1990.
  • 5. The Plow in the Forest: Agriculture, Population, and Maize Monoculture in Gera
  • 6. Addis Ababa's Kitchen: Food, Forage, and Intensification in a Closed Ox-Plow Economy, Ada 1800-1990
  • 7. Conclusion: People of the Plow, People of the City
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Crop Names
  • Appendix B: Glossary of Agricultural Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.