LEADER 04757nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910779171303321 005 20230207231719.0 010 $a1-280-12709-0 010 $a9786613530950 010 $a1-55238-496-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781552384961 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100902 035 $a(EBL)3280023 035 $a(OCoLC)923776842 035 $a(CEL)433947 035 $a(OCoLC)794434563 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00228905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3280023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4952128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4952128 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL353095 035 $a(OCoLC)824114543 035 $a(DE-B1597)664043 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781552384961 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/b94pxs 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100902 100 $a20091023h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe land has changed$b[electronic resource] $ehistory, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria /$fChima J. Korieh 210 $aCalgary [Alta.] $cUniversity of Calgary Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 225 1 $aAfrica : missing voices series 311 $a1-55238-268-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : perspectives, setting, sources -- "We Have Always Been Farmers" : society and economy at the close of the nineteenth century -- Pax Britannica and the development of agriculture -- Gender and colonial agricultural policy -- Peasants, depression, and rural revolts -- The Second World War, the rural economy, and Africans -- The African elite, agrarian revolution, and sociopolitical change, 1954-80 -- On the brink : agricultural crisis and rural survival. 330 $a"A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm. Colonial policies, subsequent 'top-down' statism, and globalization are usually cited as primary causes of this long-term decline. In this unprecedented study of the Igbo region of southeastern Nigeria, author Chima Korieh points the way to a more complex and inclusive approach to this issue. Using agricultural change as a lens through which to view socio-economic and cultural change, political struggle, and colonial hegemony, Korieh shows that regional dynamics and local responses also played vital roles in this era of transformation. British attempts to modernize the densely populated Igbo region were focused largely on intensive production of palm oil as a cash crop for export and on the assumption of male dominance within a conventional western hierarchy. This colonial agenda, however, collided with a traditional culture in which females played important social and political roles and male status was closely tied to yam cultivation. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources, including oral interviews, newspapers, private journals, and especially letters of petition from local farmers and traders, Korieh puts the reader in direct contact with ordinary people, evoking a feeling of what it was like to live through the era. As such, the book reveals colonial interactions as negotiated encounters between officials and natives and challenges simplistic notions of a hegemonic colonial state and a compliant native population."--P. [4] of cover. 410 0$aAfrica, missing voices series. 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xAgriculture$xHistory 606 $aWomen, Igbo$xSocial conditions 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xHistory 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xEconomic conditions 606 $aIgbo (African people)$xSocial conditions 606 $aAgriculture$zNigeria, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aAgriculture$xSocial aspects$zNigeria, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aAgriculture and state$zNigeria, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAfrica 615 0$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$aAgriculture$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory. 676 $a306.3/490966946 700 $aKorieh$b Chima J$g(Chima Jacob),$f1962-$01559343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779171303321 996 $aThe land has changed$93824365 997 $aUNINA