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Chiefs of the plantation : authority and contestation on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border /

"South African agriculture is characterized by growing labour unrest, evinced in recent years by high-profile strikes, but little is known about the sources and forms of day-to-day struggle. In Chiefs of the Plantation Lincoln Addison examines how labour conflict is fuelled by changing manageme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Addison, Lincoln, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Border Plantation Labour Regime
  • Spatial Struggles: Tomatoes, Cigarettes, and Piece Rates
  • "Their Heart Is Not in the Farm": Middle Managers as Sources of Instability
  • "The Babies Are Dying!": The Sexual Economy, Gender Relations, and Narratives of Infant Death
  • War with the Devil: The Rise and Fall of the Interdenominational Worship Group
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index