Imperialism and Primitive Accumulation: Notes on the New Scramble for Africa

Agrarian South

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-203

  Moyo, Sam ^a   Yeros, Paris ^b   Jha, Praveen ^c  

^a African Institute of Agrarian Studies   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Africa; imperialism; primitive accumulation; scramble

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889057759     PISSN: 22779760     EISSN: 23210281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/227797601200100203     Document Type: Article

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