LEADER 03845nam 2200601 450 001 9910141820003321 005 20230621135351.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000656958 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446772 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656958 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10635545 035 $a(PQKB)10361578 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409834 100 $a20160829d2010 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $au|b|#---|uuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe land has changed $ehistory, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria /$fChima J. Korieh 210 31$aCalgary :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages) $cillustrations; digital file(s) 225 1 $aAfrica, missing voices series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$aPrint version: 9781552382684 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aA century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm. Colonial policies, subsequent 'top-down' statism, and globalization are usually cited as primary causes of this long-term decline. In this unprecedented study of the Igbo region of southeastern Nigeria, Chima Korieh points the way to a more complex and inclusive approach to this issue. Using agricultural change as a lens through which to view socio-economic and cultural change, political struggle, and colonial hegemony, Korieh shows that regional dynamics and local responses also played vital roles in this era of transformation. British attempts to modernize the densely populated Igbo region were focused largely on intensive production of palm oil as a cash crop for export and on the assumption of male dominance within a conventional western hierarchy. This colonial agenda, however, collided with a traditional culture in which females played important social and political roles and male status was closely tied to yam cultivation. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources, including oral interviews, newspapers, private journals, and especially letters of petition from local farmers and traders, Korieh puts the reader in direct contact with ordinary people, evoking a feeling of what it was like to live through the era. As such, The Land Has Changed reveals colonial interactions as negotiated encounters between officials and natives and challenges simplistic notions of a hegemonic colonial state and a compliant native population. 410 0$aAfrica, missing voices series. 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xAgriculture$xHistory$zNigeria, Eastern 606 $aWomen, Igbo$xSocial conditions$zNigeria, Eastern 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xHistory$zNigeria, Eastern 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xEconomic conditions 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xSocial conditions 606 $aAgriculture$xHistory 606 $aAgriculture$xHistory$xSocial aspects 606 $aAgriculture and state$xHistory 615 0$aIgbo (African people)$xAgriculture$xHistory 615 0$aWomen, Igbo$xSocial conditions 615 0$aIgbo (African people)$xHistory 615 0$aIgbo (African people)$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aIgbo (African people)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory 676 $a306.3/490966946 700 $aKorieh$b Chima J$0801809 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141820003321 996 $aThe land has changed$92032436 997 $aUNINA