Morality and economic growth in rural West Africa : a descriptive economics of the common people of Hausaland /

The land, labor, credit, and trading institutions of Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria, are detailed in this study through fieldwork conducted in two national economic cycles - the petroleum-boom prosperity (in 1977-1979), and the macro-economic decline (in 1985, 1996 and 1998). The bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clough, Paul, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Temas:
1900-1999
Hausa (African people) > Nigeria, Northern > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Hausa (African people) > Social networks > Nigeria, Northern.
Economic development > Nigeria, Northern.
Social networks > Nigeria, Northern.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Nigeria (Nord) > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Réseaux sociaux > Nigeria (Nord)
Développement économique > Nigeria (Nord)
Réseaux sociaux > Nigeria (Nord)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Hausa (African people) > Economic conditions.
Social conditions.
Social networks.
Nigeria, Northern > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Nigeria, Northern > Social conditions > 20th century.
Northern Nigeria.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The land, labor, credit, and trading institutions of Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria, are detailed in this study through fieldwork conducted in two national economic cycles - the petroleum-boom prosperity (in 1977-1979), and the macro-economic decline (in 1985, 1996 and 1998). The book unveils a new paradigm of economic change in the West African savannah, demonstrating how rural accumulation in a polygynous society actually limits the extent of inequality while at the same time promoting technical change. A uniquely African non-capitalist trajectory of accumulation subordi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782382713
1782382712

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