| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 161 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Appendices; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; The world coffee economy; Spread of coffee production; Brazilian coffee economy and the international market; Chapter Two; Experimentations; Challenges; Testing the international coffee markets; Position of the State; Chapter Three; Government and farmer initiatives; Training on coffee processing; The Dry Method; The Wet Method; Establishment of the Coffee Research Sta; The Coffee Growers Association; Chapter Four |
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Efforts at diversification and the coffee settlement scheme"Salisbury's benevolent hand?"; Research and farmer inventiveness; The "northward-expansion" c. 1974-1980; Chapter Five; Nature of work and labour costs in coffee plantations; Stabilisation of labour on coffee plantations; Labour and the war; Wages and conditions of service; Chapter Six; Rhodesia and the global coffee market; The International Coffee Agreement (ICA); Evolution of Coffee Marketing Systems; Coffee marketing under the CGA (1962-1971) and Grain Marketing Board (1972-1980); State of Coffee Markets 1972-1980; Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book analyses the development of the coffee sector in colonial Zimbabwe within the broader context of agrarian capitalism in settler economies. It unpacks the central philosophy of statecraft based on the desire to develop Southern Rhodesia as a permanent white settler colony. The development of the coffee sector was designed to fulfil the objective of expanding economic opportunities for white settlers and to increase their incomes in order to inspire immigration and discourage emigration. Expanded incomes were similarly vital in sponsoring the highly eulogised civilised standards of liv |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 5, 2019) |
| Subject |
Coffee -- Zimbabwe
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Coffee industry -- Zimbabwe -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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Coffee industry
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Coffee
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Kaffee
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Zimbabwe
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Simbabwe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527527225 |
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1527527220 |
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