| African Agrarian Systems Contributor(s): Biebuyck, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138489352 ISBN-13: 9781138489356 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Regional Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Physical Information: 420 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1963 this volume surveys various aspects of the complex relations between rights in land, social organization and economic interests in tropical Africa. The papers - in English and French but with summaries in the other language - analyse case studies illustrating the various basic factors and problems connected with land in Tropical Africa. Indigenous systems of tenure and their adaptation to commercial agriculture, the balance between rights and obligations of groups and individuals, and the authority and duties of chiefs and headmen are discussed in detail for many different areas. Against this background important contributions are made towards the better understanding of problems raised by economic and political development, population increase, migration and scarcity of land. |