This study of the colonial Portuguese regime's economic policy in Mozambique shows how nearly a million African peasants were forced to grow cotton. It explores the lives of these cotton producers, through interviews with former cotton growers and their families, as well as African policemen and overseers, and Portuguese settlers, merchants, missionaries and officials.
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This study of the colonial Portuguese regime's economic policy in Mozambique shows how nearly a million African peasants were forced to grow cotton. It explores the lives of these cotton producers, through interviews with former cotton growers and their families, as well as African policemen and overseers, and Portuguese settlers, merchants, missionaries and officials.
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Add this copy of Cotton is the Mother of Poverty: Peasants, Work and to cart. $44.52, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by James Currey.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780852556214.
Add this copy of Cotton is the Mother of Poverty: Peasants, Work, and to cart. $27.91, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Heinemann Educational Books.
Add this copy of Cotton is the Mother of Poverty: Peasants, Work, and to cart. $27.91, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Heinemann Educational Books.
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Very Good + Peasants, Work, and Rural Struggle in Colonial Mozambique, 1938-1961. 8vo. xii, 272 pp. Bound in glossy illustrated wrappers. Black and white maps and illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good+, minor wear to wrappers, internally clean and sound.
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