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984082
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b738452
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Gordon, David M.,1970-
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| Title & Author
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Nachituti's gift : : economy, society, and environment in central Africa /\ David M. Gordon.
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| Publication Statement
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Madison :: University of Wisconsin Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Africa and the diaspora
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1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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| ISBN
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0299213633
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0299213609
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0299213641
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9780299213602
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9780299213640
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Bemba (African people)-- Economic conditions.
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Fish trade-- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
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Fisheries-- Economic aspects-- Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo)
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Bemba (African people)-- Economic conditions.
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Ecology.
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Economic history.
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Fischfang
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Fish trade.
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Fisheries-- Economic aspects.
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General.
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY-- General.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY.
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Manners and customs.
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Regions Countries - Africa.
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Soziale Situation
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Wirtschaft
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo), Economic conditions.
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo), Environmental conditions.
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Luapula River Valley (Zambia and Congo), Social life and customs.
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Africa, Luapula River Valley.
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Bemba.
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Luapula
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| Dewey Classification
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968.94
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| LC Classification
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DT3140.L83G67 2006eb
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