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Author Rubert, Steven C., 1947-

Title A most promising weed : a history of tobacco farming and labor in colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1945 / Steven C. Rubert.

Imprint Athens : Ohio University Center for International Studies, c1998.

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Description xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Monographs in international studies. Africa series ; no. 69
Summary "Thousands of African men, women, and children worked on European-owned tobacco farms in colonial Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1945. Contrary to some commonly held notions, these people were not mere bystanders as European capitalism penetrated into Zimbabwe, but helped to shape the work and the living conditions they encountered as they entered wage employment."--BOOK JACKET. "Steven Rubert's fine study draws on a rich variety of sources to illuminate the lives of these workers. The central focus of the study is the organization of workers' compounds, the social relationships there, and the labor of women and children, paid and unpaid. Rubert's findings indicate the beginnings of a moral economy on the tobacco farms prior to 1945."--Jacket.
Contents A Most promising weed -- Salisbury lends a hand -- Farms and farmers -- Making the grade -- Labor and discipline -- The Life of the compound -- Quick and nimble fingers -- Toward a moral economy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-244) and index.
Subject Tobacco workers -- Zimbabwe -- History.
Tobacco industry -- Zimbabwe -- History.
ISBN 0896802035 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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