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Aims to challenge conventional theories of economic development, with a comparative case study of inland fisheries in Zambia and Congo, from pre- to post-colonial times. Interweaving oral traditions, songs, and interviews, as well archival research, this tale an analysis of economic and social transformations, and a study of comparative politics.

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An original work of sociopolitical and environmental history and development studies. - Jan Vansina, author of Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom ""A sophisticated, accessible, and graceful analysis of economic and social transformations from the pre- to the post-colonial era in Zambia and Congo. Makes a significant contribution to African, economic, environmental, colonial, and post-colonial history."" - Thomas Spear, series editor and author of Mountain Farmers: Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 1/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299213640, 978-0299213640
      ISBN10: 0299213641

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      Book Synopsis
      Aims to challenge conventional theories of economic development, with a comparative case study of inland fisheries in Zambia and Congo, from pre- to post-colonial times. Interweaving oral traditions, songs, and interviews, as well archival research, this tale an analysis of economic and social transformations, and a study of comparative politics.

      Trade Review
      An original work of sociopolitical and environmental history and development studies. - Jan Vansina, author of Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom ""A sophisticated, accessible, and graceful analysis of economic and social transformations from the pre- to the post-colonial era in Zambia and Congo. Makes a significant contribution to African, economic, environmental, colonial, and post-colonial history."" - Thomas Spear, series editor and author of Mountain Farmers: Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru

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