{"product_id":"collecting-food-cultivating-people-kathryn-m-de-luna-9780300218534","title":"Collecting Food, Cultivating People: Subsistence and Society in Central Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich analysis of the complex dynamic between food collection and food production in the farming societies of precolonial south central Africa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engaging new linguistic evidence and reinterpreting published archaeological evidence, this sweeping study explores the place of bushcraft and agriculture in the precolonial history of south central Africa across nearly three millennia. Contrary to popular conceptions that place farming at the heart of political and social change, political innovation in precolonial African farming societies was actually contingent on developments in hunting, fishing, and foraging, as de Luna reveals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn M. de Luna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300218532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300218534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017","brand":"Kathryn M. de Luna","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064820510975,"sku":"9780300218534","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca1fd4cb-d1a5-4d77-8680-0edc7f6999c4.jpg?v=1768671248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collecting-food-cultivating-people-kathryn-m-de-luna-9780300218534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}