Description |
1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
An introduction to the political economy and culture of Marmara Hamlet -- The cultural logic of non-capitalist accumulation -- Land distribution and land transfers -- Farm labouring systems -- Credit relations and social consumption -- Inter-regional produce markets -- Rural produce traders and wealth acquisition -- Economic change from 1985 to 1998 -- Change, continuity -- and growth |
Summary |
The land, labor, credit, and trading institutions of Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria, are detailed in this study through fieldwork conducted in two national economic cycles - the petroleum-boom prosperity (in 1977-1979), and the macro-economic decline (in 1985, 1996 and 1998). The book unveils a new paradigm of economic change in the West African savannah, demonstrating how rural accumulation in a polygynous society actually limits the extent of inequality while at the same time promoting technical change. A uniquely African non-capitalist trajectory of accumulation subordi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Hausa (African people) -- Nigeria, Northern -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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Hausa (African people) -- Social networks -- Nigeria, Northern
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Economic development -- Nigeria, Northern
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Social networks -- Nigeria, Northern
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Hausa (African people) -- Economic conditions
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Social conditions
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Social networks
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SUBJECT |
Nigeria, Northern -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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Nigeria, Northern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Subject |
Northern Nigeria
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781782382713 |
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1782382712 |
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