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African Studies: The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa : Côte D'Ivoire, 1880-1995 by Thomas J. Bassett (2006, Trade Paperback)

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The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa: C Te D'Ivoire, 1880 1995 by Thomas J. Bassett. The literature of Africa is dominated by accounts of crisis and gloom. While the introduction of new strains of cotton in French West Africa was in part a result of agronomic research by French scientists, supported by an unusually efficient marketing structure, this is not a case of triumphant top-down 'planification'.

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The development of the cotton economy in West Africa is an African success story. This enduring agricultural revolution was brought about by tens of thousands of small-scale peasant farmers. Drawing on archival research, oral histories, and long-term fieldwork on the small farms of northern Ivory Coast, this book places the rural African actors centre stage and brings out the complex and manifold ways in which they shaped farming systems and influenced the government policies that brought the cotton economy into being, and sustained it from the 1880s to the 1990s.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521788838
ISBN-13
9780521788830
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52172494

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Author
Thomas J. Bassett
Publication Name
Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa : Cote d'Ivoire, 1880-1995
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
African Studies
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
268 Pages

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Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz

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Series Volume Number
Series Number 101
Lc Classification Number
Hd9087.C852 B37 2006
Reviews
"As a geographer, Bassett has both the breadth and depth of background necessary to seek out and understand the complexities of the African village where he did extensive field work, of the professional literature, and of such agencies as the World Bank....This is an excellent study of an important but little-known topic." Choice, "Bassett's book is clearly essential reading for those interested in development geography, political and cultural ecology, agrarian change, economic globalization, and African regional studies. Its theoretical and practical significance should make it a mainstay of class syllabi for many years to come." ANNALS of the Association of American Geographers, 'This is a good book that deserves to be widely read â€¦ highly informative book â€¦'. Development and Change, 'This is a good book that deserves to be widely read ... highly informative book ...’.Development and Change, "Thomas Bassett, a distinguished American geographer well known in the field of development, tells an unusual story of the growth of the cotton economy of West Africa, where change was brought about by tens of thousands of small-scale peasant farmers...a significant contribution to the literature, the book demonstrates the need to consider the local and temporal dimensions of agricultureal innovations. It brings into question many key assumptions that have influenced development policies during the twentieth century." African Sun Times, 'The principal merit of Bassett is to have been able to reconstruct a history of the agriculture and the development of the Ivory Coast and of West Africa drawing from the interaction of the main actors in cotton production and the cotton market.' Journal of Development Studies, 'The principal merit of Bassett is to have been able to reconstruct a history of the agriculture and the development of the ivory Coast and of West Africa drawing from the interaction of the main actors in cotton production and the cotton market.' Journal of Development Studies, 'This is a good book that deserves to be widely read ... highly informative book ...'. Development and Change
Table of Content
1. Introduction; 2. The collision of empires, 1880-1911; 3. The uncaptured corvée, 1912-46; 4. Repackaging cotton, 1947-63; 5. Making cotton work, 1964-84; 6. 'To sow or not to sow': the extensification of cotton, gender politics, and rural mobilization, 1985-95; 7. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography.
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geography, Industries / Agribusiness, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Lccn
2006-279627
Dewey Decimal
338.1/7351096668
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, Science, Political Science

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