RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN EMERGING SOCIETIES: TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

HASWELL, M. / D. HUNT, EDS.

ISBN 10: 0854967303 / ISBN 13: 9780854967308

Published by BERG PUBLISHERS LIMITED, OXFORD, 1991

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HASWELL, M. / D. HUNT, EDS.: RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN EMERGING SOCIETIES: TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. OXFORD, 1991, xiv 261 p. , 410 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (EF) 410 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN EMERGING SOCIETIES: TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
• Publisher: BERG PUBLISHERS LIMITED, OXFORD
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854967303
• ISBN 13: 9780854967308
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Edition: 1ª edición.
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Libro
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Synopsis

The constantly changing circumstances of rural life in sub-Saharan Africa have brought with them both successes and failures. The essays in this volume examine the various pressures and inducements to changing resource-use patterns faced by rural households, and explore the two-way causal relationship between technology and technological change on the one hand and other key elements of rural change - demographic, environmental, economic, social, and political - on the other. Contemporary approaches to the introduction of technical innovations are examined, and new approaches are proposed. Through case studies of particular communities, the wide-ranging impacts of past experiences are assessed, and the causes and consequences of indigenous initiatives are explored.

About the Author

Margaret Haswell Independent Consultant in Rural Development Diana Hunt Lecturer in Economics,School of African and Asian Studies, Sussex University