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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Addison, Lincoln, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Agricultural laborers > South Africa > Limpopo > Social conditions.
Agricultural laborers > South Africa > Limpopo > Economic conditions.
Plantations > South Africa > Limpopo.
Industrial relations > South Africa > Limpopo.
Agriculture > South Africa > Limpopo.
Travailleurs agricoles > Afrique du Sud > Limpopo > Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs agricoles > Afrique du Sud > Limpopo > Conditions économiques.
Plantations > Afrique du Sud > Limpopo.
Relations industrielles > Afrique du Sud > Limpopo.
Agriculture > Afrique du Sud > Limpopo.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Agricultural laborers > Economic conditions
Agricultural laborers > Social conditions
Agriculture
Industrial relations
Plantations
South Africa > Limpopo
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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