Allan, William,  1904- <br/><br/>
The African husbandman / 
William Allan. 
 - London ;  New York :  Oliver & Boyd ;  Barnes $ Noble :  c1965. 
 - xviii, 504 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/><br/>PART I: THE BASIS OF AFRICAN LAND-USE<br/>Soils and agricultural systems<br/>Cultivable and uncultivable land<br/>The land-use factor<br/>The normal surplus of subsistence agriculture<br/>The cultivation factor<br/>The citemene systems<br/>Critical population density : the lamba system<br/>Eastern plateau and valley systems of Northern Rhodesia<br/>The carrying capacity of citemene<br/>Special environments<br/><br/>PART II: ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS OF LAND-USE<br/>Banana cultures of East Africa<br/>Other regions of high population density in East Africa<br/>Regions of low population density in East Africa<br/>Forest lands of the Congo Basin and Ghana<br/>The Northern savannah<br/><br/>PART III: HUNTERS AND HERDSMEN<br/>Hunters and food gatherers<br/>From hunting to husbandry<br/>The pastoralists<br/><br/>PART IV: CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT<br/>The peace of the suzerain powers<br/>Land-holding<br/>The cycle of and degeneration<br/>The new farmers<br/>Remoulding the old systems<br/>New horizons 
<br/><br/>Includes Bibliography and index 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Africa.<br/>Land use--Africa.<br/>Traditional farming--Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.1096  / ALL