Living terraces in Ethiopia : Konso landscape, culture, & development /

Terraced agricultural landscapes in Africa are remarkable feats of human engineering and social organization, enabling the conservation of soil and water and the cultivation of food. Indigenous terraced landscapes are all the more valuable because they have been produced by the people themselves and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, Elizabeth E., 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2009.
Colección:Eastern African studies (London, England)
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte
Terracing > Ethiopia > Konso Special Woreda.
Konso (African people) > Agriculture.
Terracing > Ethiopia > Konso Special Woreda > History.
Konso (African people)
Cultural landscapes > Ethiopia > Konso Special Woreda.
Konso (Peuple d'Afrique) > Agriculture.
Konso (Peuple d'Afrique)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Cultural landscapes.
Economic history.
Terracing.
Terrassenanbau
Landschaft
Gesellschaft
Konso Special Woreda (Ethiopia) > Economic conditions.
Konso Special Woreda (Ethiopia) > History > 20th century.
Ethiopia > Konso Special Woreda.
Konso.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS; LIST OF MAPS, TABLES & FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Konso Landscape, Culture & Development; 1. Konso Intensive Indigenous Agriculture; 2. Social Life of Agriculture; 3. Ritual Life of Agriculture; 4. Political Life of Agriculture; 5. Modernity & Christianity; 6. Revolutionary State; 7. Ethnic Decentralization & Self-determination; CONCLUSION: Landscape, Meaning & Development; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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