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Islands of intensive agriculture in Eastern Africa : past & present

Title
Islands of intensive agriculture in Eastern Africa : past & present / edited by Mats Widgren & John E.G. Sutton.
Publication
London : British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Widgren, Mats.
  • Sutton, John E. G.
  • British Institute in Eastern Africa.
  • Stockholms universitet.
Description
xii, 160 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Eastern African studies
Subject
  • Agricultural intensification > Africa, Eastern
  • Agriculture > Africa, Eastern > History
  • Agriculture > Social aspects > Africa, Eastern
  • Africa, Eastern > Rural conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-153) and index.
Contents
Towards a historical geography of intensive farming in Eastern Africa / Mats Widgren -- Expansion of Marakwet Hill-Furrow irrigation in the Kerio Valley of Kenya / Wilhelm Östberg -- Agricultural intensification & social stratification : Konso in Ethiopia contrasted with Marakwet / Elizabeth Watson -- History of Iraqw intensive agriculture, Tanzania / Lowe Börjeson -- Institutionalized exchange as a driving force in intensive agriculture : an Iraqw case study / Vesa-Matti Loiske -- Engaruka : the success & abandonment of an integrated irrigation system in an arid part of the Rift Valley, c 15th to 17th centuries / John E.G. Sutton -- When islands expand : intensification & sustainability / William M. Adams.
Call Number
Sc D 04-2334
ISBN
  • 0852554273
  • 0852554281 (pbk.)
  • 0821415611 (OUP)
  • 082141562X (OUP : paper)
LCCN
2004301385
OCLC
52737442
Title
Islands of intensive agriculture in Eastern Africa : past & present / edited by Mats Widgren & John E.G. Sutton.
Imprint
London : British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2004.
Series
Eastern African studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-153) and index.
Added Author
Widgren, Mats.
Sutton, John E. G.
British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Stockholms universitet.
Research Call Number
Sc D 04-2334
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