The land, labor, credit, and trading institutions of Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria, are detailed in this study through fieldwork conducted in two national economic cycles - the petroleum-boom prosperity (in 1977-1979), and the macro-economic decline (in 1985, 1996 and 1998). The book unveils a new paradigm of economic change in the West African savannah, demonstrating how rural accumulation in a polygynous society actually limits the extent of inequality while at the same time promoting technical change. A uniquely African non-capitalist trajectory of accumulation…mehr
The land, labor, credit, and trading institutions of Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria, are detailed in this study through fieldwork conducted in two national economic cycles - the petroleum-boom prosperity (in 1977-1979), and the macro-economic decline (in 1985, 1996 and 1998). The book unveils a new paradigm of economic change in the West African savannah, demonstrating how rural accumulation in a polygynous society actually limits the extent of inequality while at the same time promoting technical change. A uniquely African non-capitalist trajectory of accumulation subordinates the acquisition of capital to the expansion of polygynous families, clientage networks, and circles of trading friends. The whole trajectory is driven by an indigenous ethics of personal responsibility. This model disputes the validity of both Marxian theories of capitalist transformation in Africa and the New Institutional Economics.
Paul Clough (1949-2019) was Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Malta. His D.Phil. from Oxford University was runner-up for the Audrey Richards Prize in 1996, awarded by the International African Institute every two years for the best thesis in any branch of African studies.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Maps, Tables, Charts and Figures Preface Maps Introduction: Methods of Fieldwork and Analysis Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Political Economy and Culture of Marmara Hamlet Chapter 2. The Cultural Logic of Non-Capitalist Accumulation Chapter 3. Land Distribution and Land Transfers Chapter 4. Farm Labouring Systems Chapter 5. Credit Relations and Social Consumption Chapter 6. Inter-regional Produce Markets Chapter 7. Rural Produce Traders and Wealth Acquisition Chapter 8. Economic Change from 1985 to 1998 Chapter 9. Change, Continuity - and Growth Appendix I: Basic Information on Household Heads, Marmara, 1979 Appendix II: Innovation, Agricultural Extension and Yields Appendix III: All Landholding Household Heads Grouped by Labour Practices During the Weeding Operation, 1978 Appendix IV: Household Consumption of Food Grain and Soup Ingredients` (Cefane) Appendix V: Trading Purchases, Sales and Margins of `M`, 1978 Appendix VI: Land Sales and Labour Use, Marmara, 1978 and 1979 Glossary of Key Hausa Words in the Text Bibliography
List of Maps, Tables, Charts and Figures Preface Maps Introduction: Methods of Fieldwork and Analysis Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Political Economy and Culture of Marmara Hamlet Chapter 2. The Cultural Logic of Non-Capitalist Accumulation Chapter 3. Land Distribution and Land Transfers Chapter 4. Farm Labouring Systems Chapter 5. Credit Relations and Social Consumption Chapter 6. Inter-regional Produce Markets Chapter 7. Rural Produce Traders and Wealth Acquisition Chapter 8. Economic Change from 1985 to 1998 Chapter 9. Change, Continuity - and Growth Appendix I: Basic Information on Household Heads, Marmara, 1979 Appendix II: Innovation, Agricultural Extension and Yields Appendix III: All Landholding Household Heads Grouped by Labour Practices During the Weeding Operation, 1978 Appendix IV: Household Consumption of Food Grain and Soup Ingredients` (Cefane) Appendix V: Trading Purchases, Sales and Margins of `M`, 1978 Appendix VI: Land Sales and Labour Use, Marmara, 1978 and 1979 Glossary of Key Hausa Words in the Text Bibliography
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