Abstract
Cotton is the Mother of Poverty - Peasants, Work, and Rural Struggle in Colonial Mozambique, 1938 - 1961, by Allen Isaacman. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann,1996. Reviewed by Frank Hirtz
Highlights
The book delivers exactly what its title and subtitle promise -- an account and the consequences of an enforced agricultural commodity regime over a time span of 23 years
Throughout the study, Isaacman quotes these voices with their full name as to make clear that their grievances, analyses, and judgments can stand side by side with the regularly cited classics in African history, political economy, and theories of resistance
Not to be mistaken: this is foremost an academic book, whose major achievement is to capture the entirety of a specific agricultural colonial policy over time by turning each stone that might have repercussions on the social life of Mozambicans
Summary
The book delivers exactly what its title and subtitle promise -- an account and the consequences of an enforced agricultural commodity regime over a time span of 23 years. Cotton is the Mother of Poverty - Peasants, Work, and Rural Struggle in Colonial Mozambique, 1938 -
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