Changes in Peasant Food Production and Food Supply in Relation to the Historical Development of Commodity Production in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Tanganyika

bibliographic database
Line

Periodical article

Title:	Changes in Peasant Food Production and Food Supply in Relation to the Historical Development of Commodity Production in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Tanganyika
Author:	Bryceson, Deborah F.
Year:	1980
Periodical:	The Journal of Peasant Studies
Volume:	7
Issue:	3
Period:	April
Pages:	281-311
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subjects:	cash crops food production Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Economics and Trade colonialism Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Development and Technology
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03066158008438107
Abstract:	This paper explores the dynamic interaction between peasant food production and commodity production under conditions of the increasing penetration of capital and consequent erosion of precapitalist modes of production in pre-colonial and colonial Tanganyika (Tanzania): Introduction - The natural economy - The mercantilist period -The epoch of imperialism - The German colonial period - The British colonial period - Conclusion. Notes, ref., tab. sum.