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Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire
Author(s): University of Wisconsin Press (Author)
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication Date: 31 July 1997
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 210 pages
- ISBN-10: 0299153347
- ISBN-13: 9780299153342
Book Description
Focusing on the years 1917 to 1960, this work examines the complex and lasting effects of forced cotton cultivation in central Africa. Local plots gave way to commercial fields, creating social, environmental and economic change.
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About the Author
Osumaka Likaka is associate professor of history at Wayne State University. He is author of Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
