| Ranching & Enterprise in Eastern Botswana: A Case Study of Black & Whitefarmers Contributor(s): Mazonde, Isaac Ncube (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748604677 ISBN-13: 9780748604678 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| LCCN: 95105767 |
| Series: International African Library |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While Botswana's economic development has been extraordinary, little is known about how different social groups have adapted to the new economic opportunitites, This conmprehensive account studies a key group of the new entrepreneurs - the ranchers. It describes their changing lifestyles, their construction of personal and social space, and the way they have adapted to state-initiated political and economic change, showing through a sseries of case studies how ranching has grown from being the preserve of white settlers to include Botswana and other African farmers as well. The relationship between ranching and communal land tenure, and the effect of Botswana's Tribal Land Grazing Policy are analysed in detail, whle the careers of non-elites, the practice of bordermanship, labour relations and the management of multiple enterprises and risks are also covered. |