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Title Livelihoods and landscapes : the people of Guquka and Koloni and their resources / edited by Paul Hebinck, Peter C. Lent.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Afrika-studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 9
Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Investigating rural livelihoods and landscapes in Guquka and Koloni : an introduction / Paul Hebinck -- Rural transformation in the eastern Cape / Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke -- Agro-ecology, land use, and smallholder farming in the central eastern Cape / Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett -- A social history of Guquka and Koloni : settlement and resources / Paul Hebinck and Lothar Smith -- Natural resource base and agricultural potentials / Peter C. Lent -- Local governance and institutions / Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett -- The view from above : a history of land use in Guquka and Koloni, 1938-1996 / Peter C. Lent and Guilty Mupakati -- Production of crops in arable fields and home gardens / Paul Hebinck and Nomakaya Monde -- Livestock production and forage resources / James Bennett and Peter C. Lent -- Gathering from the land / Peter C. Lent -- Mobility and population dynamics / Lothar Smith and Paul Hebinck -- Contemporary livelihoods / Wim van Averbeke and Paul Hebinck -- Life histories and livelihood trajectories / Paul Hebinck [and others] -- Livelihoods and landscapes : people, resources and land use / Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke.
Summary Focussing on the past history and present day life of the people in two villages in the central Eastern Cape, South Africa, this book provides a detailed account of the transformation of rural society and economy since colonisation.
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Subject Land use, Rural -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Case studies.
Land use, Rural.
South Africa -- Eastern Cape.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Case studies.
Rural development.
Agricultural laborers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Case studies.
Agricultural laborers.
Natural resources -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Case studies.
Natural resources.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Case studies.
Case studies.
Added Author Hebinck, Paulus Gerardus Maria, 1953-
Lent, Peter C.
Other Form: Print version: Livelihoods and landscapes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007026972
ISBN 9789047430940 (electronic book)
9047430948 (electronic book)
9789004161696 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004161696.i-394