The migrant cocoa-farmers of Southern Ghana : a study in rural capitalism

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The migrant cocoa-farmers of Southern Ghana : a study in rural capitalism

Polly Hill ; new introd. by Gareth Austin

Lit , Jams Currey, c1997

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  • hbk.

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"This reprint published by arrangement with the International African Institute 1997..."--verso

Bibliography: p. 252-256

Includes index

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Volume

hbk. ISBN 9780852552988

Description

The volumes collected in this series were the product of two programmes of publications and research, one in the 1930s and the other in the 1950s. The series as a whole is designed to provide an academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa through these texts.

Table of Contents

  • The company
  • the family land
  • the operation of the customary rules of inheritance - I company lands, II family lands
  • Akim Abunkwe land sales in relation to customary law
  • the background economic conditions
  • economic aspects of the migratory process, 1894-1930
  • an outline geography of the migration.
Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780852552995

Description

With a new introduction by Gareth Austin This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time. Polly Hill's classic study was originally published in 1963. New edition published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag.

Table of Contents

  • The company
  • the family land
  • the operation of the customary rules of inheritance - I company lands, II family lands
  • Akim Abunkwe land sales in relation to customary law
  • the background economic conditions
  • economic aspects of the migratory process, 1894-1930
  • an outline geography of the migration.

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