Peasant intellectuals : anthropology and history in Tanzania / / Steven Feierman

• Autore: Feierman Steven <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c1990
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 340 p. ) : maps
• Disciplina: 967.8/22
• Soggetto topico: Peasants - Tanzania - Lushoto District; Rain-making rites - Tanzania - Lushoto District; Shambala (African people) - Kings and rulers; Shambala (African people) - Politics and government; Shambala (African people) - Rites and ceremonies; Shambala language - Political aspects - Tanzania - Lushoto District
• Soggetto geografico: Lushoto District (Tanzania) Politics and government; Tanzania Intellectual life
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tribute and Dependency in Late Nineteenth-Century Shambaai -- 3. Healing the Land and Harming the Land -- 4. Alternative Paths to Social Health in the Precolonial Kingdom -- 5. Colonial Rule and the Fate of the Intellectuals -- 6. Royal Domination and Peasant Resistance, 1947-1957 -- 7. The Struggle over Erosion Control: Women's Farming and the Politics of Subsistence -- 8. Gender, Slavery, and Chiefship: Peasant Attempts to Create an Alternative Discourse -- 9. Chiefs and Bureaucrats: Independence and the Fate of the Intellectuals -- 10. Rain in Independent Tanzania: A Drama Remembered but Not Performed -- Notes -- List of Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Peasant intellectuals
• ISBN: 0-299-12523-8; 1-282-62281-1; 9786612622816
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248148103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.