Roads through Mwinilunga
Subtitle: a history of social change in northwest Zambia
By: by Iva Peša
Series: Afrika-studiecentrum series -- volume 38; Afrika-Studiecentrum series -- v. 38.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden ; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9789004407909; 9789004408968
Subjects: Social change; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: "Roads through Mwinilunga provides a historical appraisal of social change in Northwest Zambia from 1750 until the present. By looking at agricultural production, mobility, consumption, and settlement patterns, existing explanations of social change are reassessed. Using a wide range of archival and oral history sources, Iva Peša shows the relevance of Mwinilunga to broader processes of colonialism, capitalism, and globalisation. Through a focus on daily life, this book complicates transitions from subsistence to market production and dichotomies between tradition and modernity. Roads through Mwinilunga is a crucial addition to debates on historical and social change in Central Africa"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paths to the Past: Continuity and Change in Mwinilunga, c. 1750s-1970s; title: Production: Crops, Meat, and Markets; title: Mobility; title: Consumption: Goods, Wealth, and Meaning; title: Settlements and Social Change: Continuity and Change in Village Life; title: Conclusion