Leaf of Allah Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991

Name: Leaf of Allah Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991
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ISBN: 9780821415597

ISBN-10: 082141559X

ISBN-13: 9780821415597

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ezekiel Gebissa

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Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 3/29/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Photographs, Maps, Tables & Figures


Author's Note


List of Abbreviations


Preface



Beginnings



Introduction: Social & historiographical contexts



The Setting: Regional geography & human landscape



Khat, Agriculture & Trade



Land & Railway: Structures of agriculture & trade 1875-1935



Production: The agrarian system, population growth & farming strategies 1935-64



Consumption & Marketing: Pastime, protest & political economy 1935-64



Export Trade: Constraints, control & contraband 1964-74



Domestic Use & Trade: Social mobility, structures of distribution & self-sufficiency 1964-74



Khat & Agrarian Transformations



The Khat Boom: Production & marketing in a controlled economy 1974-91



Khat & Contraband Profits, professions & parallel markets



Conclusion: The dilemma of khat-based development



Coffee & khat exports from Harerge 1936-91



Glossary



Selected informants


Bibliography


Index