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In part this book is a reconstruction of an African agricultural system over one hundred years; in part it is an examination of the construction of knowledge about a rural African people. The first half of the book focuses on the "chitemene" agricultural system of the Bemba known as "slash and burn". The authors show that "chitemene" involves a great deal more than the cutting and burning of trees. The second half addresses the question of labour migration and its effects on the agricultural production of the area, re-visiting the colonial debate with new evidence.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Cutting Down Trees
• Subtitle: Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in Northern Province, Zambia, 1890-1990
• Author: Henrietta L. Moore, Megan Vaughan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780852556122
• ID: 04944614
• Publisher: James Currey
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 142 × 16 mm
• Published: 1994

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