Author: Bates, Robert H.
Title: Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa. African Studies Series 38.
Description: Cambridge University Press 1983. Chocolate cloth boards. 178pp 8vo. Ownership label ffep. VG condition in dustwrapper (general wear, no major loss, chips, or tears). contents unmarked. ISBN: 052124563X Recognising the central importance of rural Africa this addresses the classic questions in African studies. What were the sources of order in pre-colonial societies without states? What were the origins of traditional states in Africa? In the colonial period what caused the divergent patterns of agricultural development? What were the issues driving the peasant rebellions that ended colonial rule? Since independence, what has been the fate of the African peasantry? What has been the content of agricultural policies adopted by post-colonial governments in Africa, and how can these policies be accounted for?

Keywords: africa african politics agriculture peasantry