Labour and landscapes: The political economy of landesque capital in nineteenth century Tanganyika

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-248

  Håkansson, N Thomas ^a,b   Widgren, Mats ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exchange; Landesque capital; Political ecology; Pre colonial; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

LABOR; LANDSCAPE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34547860515     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2007.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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