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Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia: An Economic Study of the Bemba Tribe

By Audrey I. Richards

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, International African Institute
Year
1939
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
95 MB (99554453 bytes)
Edition
1961
Pages
425\457
Time added
2020-07-26 13:06:11
Social Anthropology; Anthropology; Ethnology; Ethn

Description

Dr. Audrey Richards (1899-1984) describes the living conditions of the Bemba of North-Eastern Rhodesia, with special reference to the effects of migrant labour on the social and economic life of a mainly agricultural society. Although primarily concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of food, and with conditions of labour and standards of living, the book gives a vivid picture of the social structure of the Bemba - their political organisation and the functions of the chief, systems of land-tenure, kinship groupings, and the whole complex of economic, social, and magico-religious factors which arise in any community. The book has been widely recognised as an authoritative study particularly among economists and anthropologists.

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