| Description |
xix, 327 p. : ill., map. |
| Series |
Yale agrarian studies series |
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Yale agrarian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sand and gold: some property history and theory -- Luo and others: migration, settlement, ethnicity -- An earthly anchorage: graves and the grounding of belonging -- Birthright and its borrowing: inheritance and land clientage under pressure -- The thin end: land and credit in the colonial period -- The ghost market: land titling and mortgaging after independence -- Nothing more serious: mortgaging and struggles over ancestral land -- Bigger than law: land and constitutionalism -- Conclusion: property, improperty, and the mortgage. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Africa.
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Mortgages -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Economic anthropology -- Africa.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0300116020 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300116021 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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