Peasants in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

African peasant groups and their historical evolution are described in this set of original essays. The editor reviews definitions of what a peasant is, and the circumstances of African peasantry in the light of developing political economy theory. The papers that follow deal with such topics as the determinants of the African peasant's place in society, land holding, the adoption of a cash crop economy, and the African peasant under different types and phases of foreign domination.Klein, Martin A. is the author of 'Peasants in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives', published 1980 under ISBN 9780803914070 and ISBN 0803914075.