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Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa (Africa and the Diaspora) | 
 enlarge | Author: David M. Gordon
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Sales Rank: 2589594
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0299213609
Dewey Decimal Number: 968.94
EAN: 9780299213602
ASIN: 0299213609
Publication Date: February 9, 2006
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Nachituti’s Gift challenges conventional theories of economic development with a compelling comparative case study of inland fisheries in Zambia and Congo from pre- to postcolonial times. Neoclassical development models conjure a simple, abstract progression from wealth held in people to money or commodities; instead, Gordon argues, primary social networks and oral charters like “Nachituti’s Gift” remained decisive long after the rise of intensive trade and market activities. Interweaving oral traditions, songs, and interviews as well as extensive archival research, Gordon’s lively tale is at once a subtle analysis of economic and social transformations, an insightful exercise in environmental history, and a revealing study of comparative politics.
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