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People of the plow: an agricultural history of Ethiopia, 1800-1990

James McCann c1995 © University of Wisconsin Press
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  • 9780299146108 (hardcover)
  • 9780299146146 (paper)
  • 9780299176136 (ebook)
Subject
  • African
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  • Frontmatter
  • Illustrations (page vii)
  • Maps (page ix)
  • Tables (page xi)
  • Transliteration (page xiii)
  • Preface (page xv)
  • Prologue: Farms, Agriculture, and History (page 3)
  • Part I. The Plow and the Land
    • 1. The Salubrious Highlands: A Historical Setting (page 23)
    • 2. The Ox-Plow Complex: An Ecological Revolution (page 39)
    • 3. Farms in the Agrarian Polity: Historical Trends in Population, Farm Resources, and Specialized Agriculture, 1800-1916 (page 84)
  • Part II. The Plow and Ethiopian Historical Landscapes
    • 4. From Royal Fields to Marginal Lands: Agriculture in Ankober, Shawa, 1840-1990 (page 109)
    • 5. The Plow in the Forest: Agriculture, Population, and Maize Monoculture in Gera (page 147)
    • 6. Addis Ababa's Kitchen: Food, Forage, and Intensification in a Closed Ox-Plow Economy, Ada, 1800-1990 (page 191)
    • 7. Conclusion: People of the Plow, People of the City (page 239)
  • Epilogue (page 262)
  • Appendix A: Crop Names (page 267)
  • Appendix B: Glossary of Agricultural Terms (page 269)
  • Bibliography (page 271)
  • Index (page 292)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JMAS 34.2 (June 1996): 361-362 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-278X%28199606%2934%3A2%3C361%3APOTPAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7
JAH 38.7 (1991): 131-133 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8537%281997%2938%3A1%3C131%3ATAAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
TC 38.4 (Oct. 1997): 980-982 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-165X%28199710%2938%3A4%3C980%3APOTPAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
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