TECHNOLOGY AND AGRARIAN CHANGE People of the Plow: An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800–1990. By JAMES C. MCCANN. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Pp. xviii + 298. £48.50 (ISBN 0-299-14610-3); £22.50, paperback (ISBN 0-299-14614-6)
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TECHNOLOGY AND AGRARIAN CHANGE People of the Plow: An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800–1990. By JAMES C. MCCANN. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Pp. xviii + 298. £48.50 (ISBN 0-299-14610-3); £22.50, paperback (ISBN 0-299-14614-6)
Beteiligte:
RAHMATO, DESSALEGN
Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1997
Beschreibung:
<jats:p>This book is a history of Ethiopian plough agriculture set
within the larger context of environmental history. The subject is
further examined through such key themes as demography, urbanization,
crop varieties and farm resources. The book is in two parts: Part I is
a broad narrative of what the author calls the ‘ox-plow
revolution’ and its social and economic consequences. Part II
consists of three well-chosen case studies, namely Ankober in northern
Ethiopia, a district which in the nineteenth century served as the
royal granary of the Shoan kingdom; Gera, an area located in the
forest zone in south-western Ethiopia; and Ada, the agricultural
backyard of the capital city, Addis Ababa.</jats:p>