1st Edition

Subsistence And Change Lessons Of Agropastoralism In Somalia

By Garth Massey Copyright 1988
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Focusing on an agropastoral society of southcentral Somalia, this book explores the seeming incompatibility of subsistence agriculture and development goals. Based upon survey and ethnographic research carried out among the Rahanweyn, the study pays particular attention to economic activities, linking them with environmental factors as well as with history, culture, the division of labor and... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Subsistence-Based Agropastoralism in the Era of Development -- Society and Economy Among the Rahanweyn -- The Process of a Subsistence-Based Agropastoralism -- Social Change in an Agropastoral Society -- Avoiding a "False Start" in Southcentral Somalia

Biography

Garth Massey