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The social cost of small families and land reform : a case study of the Wataita of Kenya /
A convincing argument against the widespread belief that rapid population growth is an obstacle to socio-economic development, while individual land ownership is a prerequisite. The author presents an in-depth study of traditional land tenure in Taita, Kenya, where the implementation of birth contro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1983.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | International population series ;
v. 2. Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Social Cost of Small Families and Land Reform: A Case Study of the Wataita of Kenya; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Charts; List of Diagrams; List of Graph; List of Maps; List of Tables; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: THE TAITA; Chapter 1. The Setting; The Agricultural Cycle8; Chapter 2. Traditional Society; Social Organization; Land-tenure System; PART TWO: COLONIALISM AND ITS LEGACY; Chapter 3. The Coming of Colonialism and the Settler Economy; The Missionaries; The Coming of the Colonialists; The Coming of the Settlers
- The African PopulationAfrican Agriculture; Chapter 4. The Underdevelopment of African Agriculture; The Kenya Land Commission 1932-1934; Soil Erosion and Exhaustion; Chapter 5. Swynnerton and Traditional Land Tenure Systems; The New Mood; PART THREE: POPULATION GROWTH AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES; Chapter 6. Population Growth and Demographic Pressure in Taita: Migration as a Response; Historical Background; The Demography of a Taita Micro-Society; Chapter 7. Average Landholding and Land Distribution; The Average Holding; Land Distribution; Chapter 8. Population as a Labour Resource
- The Sample Population and its CompositionChildren's Contribution to the Household's Upkeep; Chapter 9. Food Production, Consumption, and Cash Expenditure; Consumption Pattern; Cash Expenditure; Chapter 10. Formal Education: The Parental Gamble and the Growth of a Land Market; The Importance of Education; The Creation of a Land Market; Chapter 11. Family Planning: The Wish, the Knowledge and the Practice; Pregnant Women; Contraceptive Users; Poverty and Family Planning; Chapter 12. Conclusion; Why Private Ownership of Land; Why a Small Family
- Appendix I: A Sample Registration Form to show how African Labour was recruited and controlledAppendix II: Terms of Reference for the Kenya Land Commission appointed April 1932; Appendix III: Population Pyramids of Shigaro-Sungululu and the Household Sample; Appendix IV: Major Activities of Sample Households listed in order of Frequency done by Stratum; Appendix V: Survey of Kenya: Shigaro-Sungululu Registration Section Map; Appendix VI: Agricultural Statistics of Wundanyi Estate; Bibliography; Index