{"product_id":"leaf-of-allah-ezekiel-gebissa-9780821415603","title":"Leaf of Allah: Khat \u0026 Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991","description":"\u003cp\u003eKhat is a quasi-legal psychoactive shrub, produced and marketed in the province of Harerge, Ethiopia, and widely consumed throughout Northeast Africa. In the late nineteenth century the main cash crop of Harerge was coffee. \u003ci\u003eLeaf of Allah\u003c\/i\u003e examines why farming families shifted from cultivating coffee and food crops to growing khat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemographic, market, and political factors facilitated the emergence of khat as Harerge's leading agricultural commodity. This development increased the scale of unofficial cross-border trade in consumer goods. This study explores the consequences of the new cash crop for the regional economy as a whole, for farmer-state relations, for the nature and balance of local social relations, as well as for Harerge's physical, socioeconomic, and political landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ezekiel Gebissa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821415603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821415603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.48w x 0.64d","brand":"Ezekiel Gebissa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448997359871,"sku":"9780821415603","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4b3c56e-fb70-4035-8ebd-9c32518ca406.jpg?v=1777261496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leaf-of-allah-ezekiel-gebissa-9780821415603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}