The African husbandman / William Allan.
Publication details: London ; New York : Oliver & Boyd ; Barnes $ Noble : c1965.Description: xviii, 504 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 338.1096 20 ALL
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338.1096 ALL 1 The African husbandman / | 338.1096 ALL 2 The African husbandman / | 338.1096 ALL 3 The African husbandman / | 338.1096 ALL 4 The African husbandman / | 338.1096 WIL 1 Experiences with agricultural development in tropical Africa / | 338.1096 WIL 2 Experiences with agricultural development in tropical Africa / | 338.1096 WIL 3 Experiences with agricultural development in tropical Africa / |
CONTENTS
PART I: THE BASIS OF AFRICAN LAND-USE
Soils and agricultural systems
Cultivable and uncultivable land
The land-use factor
The normal surplus of subsistence agriculture
The cultivation factor
The citemene systems
Critical population density : the lamba system
Eastern plateau and valley systems of Northern Rhodesia
The carrying capacity of citemene
Special environments
PART II: ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS OF LAND-USE
Banana cultures of East Africa
Other regions of high population density in East Africa
Regions of low population density in East Africa
Forest lands of the Congo Basin and Ghana
The Northern savannah
PART III: HUNTERS AND HERDSMEN
Hunters and food gatherers
From hunting to husbandry
The pastoralists
PART IV: CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
The peace of the suzerain powers
Land-holding
The cycle of and degeneration
The new farmers
Remoulding the old systems
New horizons
Includes Bibliography and index
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