TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gordon,David M.
TI  - Nachituti's gift: economy, society, and environment in central Africa 
T2  - Africa and the diaspora
SN  - 0299213633
AV  - DT3140.L83 G67 2006eb
U1  - 968.94 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Madison
PB  - University of Wisconsin Press
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
KW  - Fish trade
KW  - Bemba (African people)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Pêches
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - Luapula, Vallée de la (Zambie et Congo)
KW  - Poisson (Aliment)
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Bemba (Peuple d'Afrique)
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Fischfang
KW  - gnd
KW  - Soziale Situation
KW  - Wirtschaft
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - Conditions environnementales
KW  - Africa
KW  - Luapula River Valley
KW  - Luapula
KW  - Sambia
KW  - Bemba
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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
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