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100	1		_aKorieh, Chima J. _q(Chima Jacob), _d1962-
245	1	4	_aThe land has changed _h[electronic resource] : _bhistory, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria / _cChima J. Korieh.
260			_aCalgary [Alta.] : _bUniversity of Calgary Press, _cc2010 _e(Saint-Lazare, Quebec : _fCanadian Electronic Library, _g2012).
300			_a1 electronic text (xix, 370 p.) : _bill., maps, ports., digital file.
490	1		_aAfrica : missing voices series
500			_aIssued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_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.
506			_aAccess restricted to authorized users and institutions.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available in print version.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		0	_aIgbo (African people) _xAgriculture _xHistory.
650		0	_aWomen, Igbo _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aIgbo (African people) _xHistory.
650		0	_aIgbo (African people) _xEconomic conditions.
650		0	_aIgbo (African people) _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aAgriculture _zNigeria, Eastern _xHistory.
650		0	_aAgriculture _xSocial aspects _zNigeria, Eastern _xHistory.
650		0	_aAgriculture and state _zNigeria, Eastern _xHistory.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _zAfrica.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aCanadian Electronic Library (Firm)
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9781552382684
830		0	_aAfrica, missing voices series.
830		0	_aCanadian Electronic Library. _pCanadian publishers collection.
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3280023 _zClick to View
999			_c181963 _d181963