No Condition Is Permanent: The Social Dynamics of Agrarian Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Sara S. Berry
Category: Business & Economics

A comparative study of the changing patterns of resource access and resource use in several local agrarian systems in sub-Saharan Africa during and after the colonial period. Specifically, traces the effects of commercialization and political centralization on the conditions under which African farmers gained access to productive resources and how that access influenced patterns of resource use. A contribution both to African agrarian history and to debates over the role of agriculture in the recent economic crises in Africa. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR