Food Insecurity and the Social Division of Labour in Tanzania,1919-85

by Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Bryceson D F

Most studies of famine and the African food crisis stress how the socio-economic context influences the occurrence of food shortages. By contrast, this book argues that food insecurity itself influences the social and economic organization of the society. Through this approach, the author provides a new interpretation of the causes and consequences of Tanzania's present economic crisis. The book examines the effects of changing food availability on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333519388
• ISBN13: 9780333519387
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"