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Book SynopsisDrawing on original data, secondary literature, aerial photographs and archives, this book analyzes changes in the use of the landscape and the nature of rural livelihoods in two South African villages. Taking an interdisciplinary approach on how livelihoods and landscapes in the Eastern Cape link the text provides a comprehensive study of the patterns of land use over time. Three separate chapters focus on cropping and cultivation practices, livestock and foraging as well as the gathering of wild plants. The book gives a vivid picture of the social dynamics and the interaction between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’. It depicts the steady deterioration in agricultural production and the corresponding increase in dependence on social grants and wages. Despite this trend remnants of a peasantry do exist.
Table of ContentsList of tables List of figures List of maps List of photos Acknowledgements Editor’s note 1 INVESTIGATING RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND LANDSCAPES IN GUQUKA AND KOLONI: AN INTRODUCTION Paul Hebinck 2 RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE EASTERN CAPE Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke 3 AGRO-ECOLOGY, LAND USE AND SMALLHOLDER FARMING IN THE CENTRAL EASTERN CAPE Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett 4 A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GUQUKA AND KOLONI: SETTLEMENT AND RESOURCES Paul Hebinck and Lothar Smith 5 NATURAL RESOURCE BASE AND AGRICULTURAL POTENTIALS Peter C. Lent 6 LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett 7 THE VIEW FROM ABOVE: A HISTORY OF LAND USE IN GUQUKA AND KOLONI, 1938-1996 Peter C. Lent and Guilty Mupakati 8 PRODUCTION OF CROPS IN ARABLE FIELDS AND HOME GARDENS Paul Hebinck and Nomakaya Monde 9 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND FORAGE RESOURCES James Bennett and Peter C. Lent 10 GATHERING FROM THE LAND Peter Lent 11 MOBILITY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS Lothar Smith and Paul Hebinck 12 CONTEMPORARY LIVELIHOODS Wim van Averbeke and Paul Hebinck 13 LIFE HISTORIES AND LIVELIHOOD TRAJECTORIES Paul Hebinck, Wim van Averbeke, Nomakhaya Monde, Lothar Smith and James Bennett 14 LIVELIHOODS AND LANDSCAPES: PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND LAND USE Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke References List of contributors Index
