Leaf of Allah : khat & agricultural transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991
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Leaf of Allah : khat & agricultural transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991
(Eastern African studies)
James Currey , Addis Ababa University Press , Btec , Ohio University Press, 2004
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
J. Curry : Pbk612.451||Geb03094207
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk : uk ISBN 9780852554807
Description
A social and economic history of khat in Harerge, Ethiopia, as it replaced other cash crops
In the late-19th-century, the main cash crop of Harerge, Ethiopia, shifted from coffee and food crops to khat, a quasi-legal psychoactive shrub. This text examines the demographic, market and political factors behind this change and explores the consequences.
North America: Ohio U Press
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Beginnings: introduction - social and historiographical contexts
- the setting - regional landscapes. Part 2 Khat, agriculture and trade: land and railway - structures of agricluture and trade in Harerge, 1875-1935
- production - the agrarian system, population growth and farming strategies, 1935-1964
- consumption and marketing - protest, pastime and political economy 1035-64
- export trade - constraints, control and contraband, 1064-74
- domestic use and trade - consumption, structures of distribution and crop competition, 1964-74. Part 3 Khat and agrarian transformation: the khat boom - production and exchange in a controlled economy, 1974-91
- khat and contraband - profits, professions and parallel market
- conclusion - the dilemma of a khat-based development. Appendix:: coffee and khat exports from Harerge, 1936-91.
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: cloth : uk ISBN 9780852554814
Description
In the late-19th-century, the main cash crop of Harerge, Ethiopia, shifted from coffee and food crops to khat, a quasi-legal psychoactive shrub. This text examines the demographic, market and political factors behind this change and explores the consequences.
North America: Ohio U Press
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