Bibliograph

Custodians of the land, ecology & culture in the history of Tanzania, edited by Gregory Maddox, James L. Giblin & Isaria N. Kimambo

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Custodians of the land, ecology & culture in the history of Tanzania, edited by Gregory Maddox, James L. Giblin & Isaria N. Kimambo

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Custodians of the land

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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43475358

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edited by Gregory Maddox, James L. Giblin & Isaria N. Kimambo

Series statement

Eastern African studiesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

ecology & culture in the history of Tanzania

Summary

In his conclusion, Isaria Kimambo reflects on the efforts of successive historians to strike a balance between external causes of change and local initiative in their interpretations of Tanzanian history. He argues that nationalist and Marxist historians of Tanzanian history, understandably preoccupied through the first quarter-century of the country's post-colonial history with the impact of imperialism and capitalism on East Africa, tended to overlook the initiatives taken by rural societies to transform themselves. Yet, he suggests, there is good reason for historians to think about the causes of change and innovation in the rural communities of Tanzania, because farming and pastoral people have constantly changed as they adjusted to shifting environmental conditions.<br><br>North America: Ohio U Press; Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota--, Provided by publisher

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