Research Catalog

Title

The elusive granary : herder, farmer, and state in northern Kenya / Peter D. Little.

Author

Little, Peter D.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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Details

Description

xiv, 212 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

African studies series ; 73

Uniform Title

African studies series ; 73.

Subject

• Agriculture and state > Kenya > Baringo District
• Agropastoral systems > Kenya > Baringo District
• Droughts > Kenya > Baringo District
• Agriculture and state
• Agropastoral systems
• Droughts
• Social conditions
• Agrarpolitik
• Dürre
• Weidewirtschaft
• Agrarsystem
• Landwirtschaft
• Agrarische ontwikkeling
• Voedselvoorziening
• Herders
• Droogte
• Overheidsbeleid
• Landbouw
• Nomaden
• Pastoralism > Kenya
• Income and wealth > Kenya
• Agricultural development > Kenya
• Production systems > Kenya
• Land conflicts > Kenya
• Labor and laborers, Agricultural > Kenya
• Sécheresse > Kenya > Baringo (District)
• Politique agricole > Kenya > Baringo (District)
• Systèmes agraires > Kenya > Baringo (District)
• Baringo District (Kenya) > Social conditions
• Kenya > Baringo District
• Kenia
• Kenia > Nord
• Kenya > Conditions rurales
• Kenya > Conditions sociales
• Kenia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Introduction: the study of agrarian change among African herders -- 2. Society, ecology, and history -- 3. Markets and the state -- 4. Labor and agropastoral production -- 5. Income, wages, and investment -- 6. Expenditures, consumption, and the food crisis -- 7. Land conflicts and sustainability -- 8. In pursuit of the granary: development responses of community, donor, and state.

ISBN

• 0521405521
• 9780521405522

LCCN

91011024

OCLC

• ocm23287835
• 23287835
• SCSB-1939501

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library