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Sacred Trees, Bitter Harvests: Globalizing Coffee in Northwest Tanzania de Brad Weiss

Sacred Trees, Bitter Harvests: Globalizing Coffee in Northwest Tanzania: Social History of Africa

Autor Brad Weiss
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 iun 2003 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Weiss explores the dynamic relation of specific local, regional, and global understandings of value as manifested in the coffee of rural Haya communities. His investigation offers critical insight into the significance of colonial and postcolonial encounters in this region of Africa.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780325070957
ISBN-10: 0325070954
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Social History of Africa

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Brad Weiss is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary.

Cuprins

CONTENTSCONTENTSContents Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Sacred Life of Plants: Placing Royal Growth 15 2. Coffee, Cowries, and Currencies: Transforming Material Wealth 47 3. A Religion of the Rupee: Imagining the Coffee Market 78 4. Wood, Land, and Water: A Colonial Arboretum 107 5. "A Wild Orchard Crop": Contentions in Agricultural Innovation 141 6. Extraordinary Measures: The Techniques of Modernity 162 Bibliography 191 Index 199