The State Must Be Our Master of Fire : How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal /

Over several centuries, the Serer of the Siin region of Senegal developed a complex system of land tenure that resulted in a stable rural society, productive agriculture, and a well-managed ecosystem. Dennis Galvan tells the story of what happened when French colonial rulers, and later the governmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Galvan, Dennis Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Land tenure.
Economic history.
Acculturation.
HISTORY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Serer (Peuple d'Afrique) > Relations avec l'État.
Acculturation > Senegal > Case studies.
Serer (African people) > Government relations.
Land tenure > Senegal > Sine-Saloum > History.
Senegal > Sine-Saloum.
Senegal.
Sine-Saloum (Senegal) > Conditions economiques.
Sine-Saloum (Senegal) > Conditions sociales.
Sine-Saloum (Senegal) > Economic conditions.
Sine-Saloum (Senegal) > Social conditions.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Over several centuries, the Serer of the Siin region of Senegal developed a complex system of land tenure that resulted in a stable rural society, productive agriculture, and a well-managed ecosystem. Dennis Galvan tells the story of what happened when French colonial rulers, and later the government of the newly independent Senegal, imposed new systems of land tenure and cultivation on the Serer of Siin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (331 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780520929425

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