Ecology and Change
Rural Modernization in an African Community
- 1st Edition - November 15, 2013
- Latest edition
- Author: C. Gregory Knight
- Language: English
Ecology and Change: Rural Modernization in an African Community focuses on the geographical study of agricultural practices and agricultural change on the society of the Nhiha of… Read more
Ecology and Change: Rural Modernization in an African Community focuses on the geographical study of agricultural practices and agricultural change on the society of the Nhiha of Mbozi Area in southwestern Tanzania, East Africa. The book presents the people; the models of the environment; traditional and evolved agricultural systems operating within a man-modified landscape; population and economic growth; and sources of change of Mbozi. The applications of the four models of change and the implications of those changes to the society of Mbozi are elucidated as well. Sociologists, political scientists, economists, and political leaders will find the book insightful.
ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Mbozi The Corridor Region Mbozi Area Chapter 2 The People Peoples of the Corridor Region The Nyiha Chapter 3 Ethnogeography and Geography Climate and the Traditional Calendar Traditional Land Types Soils Vegetation Environmental Risk and Uncertainty Chapter 4 Traditional Agricultural Systems Crops The Nkomanjila System The Nkule System Subsidiary Systems Livestock Chapter 5 Contemporary Agricultural Patterns The Silwimba Farm Agricultural Change Persistence of the Traditional Food-Crop System Chapter 6 Sources of Change The Indigenous Sources The Alien Sources The Government Chapter 7 Models of Change The Cultural Model The Resource Model The Economic Model The Spatial Model Models of Change Rural ModernizationChapter 8 Implications of Change Change and Spatial Organization Change and Economy Change and Ecology Change and CultureAppendix 1 The Vegetation of UnyihaAppendix 2 The Mbozi Economic SurveyAppendix 3 Key to AlienationsReferencesIndex and Glossary
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- Published: November 15, 2013
- Language: English
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