Vilimani: Labor Migration and Rural Change in Early Colonial Tanzania (Social History of Africa)

by Thaddeus Sunseri

During the German rule of Tanzania nearly half a million people entered colonial wage labour circuits. Case studies are used to explore the transformations in slavery and porterage, social and work... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852556489
• ISBN13: 9780852556481
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: James Currey Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.6" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Vilimani - destined to become the standard work

Vilimani is destined to become the standard work on the subject of labour in colonial Tanzania, and is also a significant contribution to the study of rural change in Africa as a whole. Dr. Sunseri's collection and treatment of the evidence is superlative, and his writing is crisp and direct.