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A study of the Biase, an ethnic group living in Southeast Nigeria. The author examines whether Western practices and technologies may improve their standard of living or whether their indigenous beliefs and strategies are better suited to local conditions.

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List of Illustrations Preface 1: Issues in Rural Development 2: The Biase of Southeastern Nigeria 3: Use of Environmental Resources 4: Managing the Environment 5: The Economy 6: Biase Social Organization and the Reconstruction of Gender Roles 7: Rural Politics in a State Polity 8: Ideology 9: Implications for Anthropology Glossary of Agwagune Words References Index

Broken Hoe Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 6/15/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226388489, 978-0226388489
      ISBN10: 0226388484

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of the Biase, an ethnic group living in Southeast Nigeria. The author examines whether Western practices and technologies may improve their standard of living or whether their indigenous beliefs and strategies are better suited to local conditions.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface 1: Issues in Rural Development 2: The Biase of Southeastern Nigeria 3: Use of Environmental Resources 4: Managing the Environment 5: The Economy 6: Biase Social Organization and the Reconstruction of Gender Roles 7: Rural Politics in a State Polity 8: Ideology 9: Implications for Anthropology Glossary of Agwagune Words References Index

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