Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy /

"As colonial development took off after the Second World War, in the context of national food shortages, Britain's Labour Government initiated the Groundnut Scheme, an extraordinarily ambitious project to convert 3 million acres of bush in Tanganyika into the largest mechanized groundnut f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westcott, Nicholas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Curry, 2020.
Colección:Eastern African studies (London, England)
Temas:
Economic development projects > Tanzania.
Peanut industry > Tanzania.
Development studies.
Colonialism & imperialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Developing & Emerging Countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Imperialism.
Economic development projects
Peanut industry
Tanzania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Austerity
  • A Scheme is Born
  • 'The Poison of the Official Pen ... '
  • The Groundnut Army
  • Beating about the Bush
  • The Overseas Food Corporation
  • 1949: The Crisis
  • The Last Chance
  • A Sudden Death
  • Legacy and Lessons.

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