Nachituti's gift : economy, society, and environment in central Africa / David M. Gordon.
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TextSeries: Africa and the diasporaPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Social life and customs
- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Economic conditions
- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo) -- Environmental conditions
- Fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
- Fish trade -- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
- Bemba (African people) -- Economic conditions
- Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo) -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo) -- Conditions économiques
- Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo) -- Conditions environnementales
- Pêches -- Aspect économique -- Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo)
- Poisson (Aliment) -- Commerce -- Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo)
- Bemba (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Conditions économiques
- HISTORY -- General
- HISTORY
- Bemba (African people) -- Economic conditions
- Ecology
- Economic history
- Fish trade
- Fisheries -- Economic aspects
- Manners and customs
- Africa -- Luapula River Valley
- Fischfang
- Soziale Situation
- Wirtschaft
- Luapula Sambia
- Bemba
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- DT3140.L83 G67 2006eb
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Nachituti's Gift challenges conventional theories of economic development with a compelling comparative case study of inland fisheries in Zambia and Congo from pre- to postcolonial times. Neoclassical development models conjure a simple, abstract progression from wealth held in people to money or commodities; instead, Gordon argues, primary social networks and oral charters like "Nachituti's Gift" remained decisive long after the rise of intensive trade and market activities. Interweaving oral traditions, songs, and interviews as well as extensive archival research, Gordon's lively tale is at once a subtle analysis of economic and social transformations, an insightful exercise in environmental history, and a revealing study of comparative politics.--Publisher description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.
Introduction : tenure, wealth, and environment -- I: Stories of conquest -- 1. Nachituti's gift : the Kazembe kingdom and owners of the land -- 2. The colonial net : chiefs on a colonial border -- 3. The meanings of wealth : people and things -- II: The fishery -- 4. Mpumbu : colonialism and conversation -- 5. Pale : states and patrons -- 6. Chisense : wealth and family -- Conclusion : tragic assumptions.
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