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BL
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989498
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b743868
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| Main Entry
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Chalfin, Brenda.
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| Title & Author
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Shea butter republic : : state power, global markets, and the making of an indigenous commodity /\ Brenda Chalfin.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0203496531
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: 0203576519
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: 1135944628
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: 1135944660
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: 1135944679
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: 1280048360
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: 6610048363
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: 9780203496534
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: 9780203576519
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: 9781135944629
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: 9781135944667
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: 9781135944674
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: 9781280048364
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: 9786610048366
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0415944600
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0415944619
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9780415944601
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9780415944618
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction West African Shea From Indigenous Commodity to Postindustrial Luxury; The Setting; Making Butter Indigenous Patterns of Commoditization in Northern Ghana; Shea and the Colonial State Commodity Rule in Northern Ghana; Market Reform and Economic Citizenship in Northern Ghana Promoting and Politicizing Shea in the Wake of Liberalization; Chocolate Wars and Cosmetic Contests Shea as a New Global Commodity; Remaking Markets and Shape-Shifting States Privatizing Shea in Northern Ghana.
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| Abstract
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This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, cosmopolitan consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods.
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| Subject
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Shea butter industry-- Africa, West.
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Shea butter industry-- Ghana.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Food Industry.
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Shea butter industry.
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Ghana.
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West Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/76643
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| LC Classification
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HD9490.5.S483G43 2004eb
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