David Gordon is assistant professor of history at Bowdoin College.

An original work of sociopolitical and environmental history and development studies. - Jan Vansina, author of Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom ""A sophisticated, accessible, and graceful analysis of economic and social transformations from the pre- to the post-colonial era in Zambia and Congo. Makes a significant contribution to African, economic, environmental, colonial, and post-colonial history."" - Thomas Spear, series editor and author of Mountain Farmers: Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru

David Gordon is assistant professor of history at Bowdoin College.

An original work of sociopolitical and environmental history and development studies. - Jan Vansina, author of Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom ""A sophisticated, accessible, and graceful analysis of economic and social transformations from the pre- to the post-colonial era in Zambia and Congo. Makes a significant contribution to African, economic, environmental, colonial, and post-colonial history."" - Thomas Spear, series editor and author of Mountain Farmers: Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru

David Gordon is assistant professor of history at Bowdoin College.

An original work of sociopolitical and environmental history and development studies. - Jan Vansina, author of Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom ""A sophisticated, accessible, and graceful analysis of economic and social transformations from the pre- to the post-colonial era in Zambia and Congo. Makes a significant contribution to African, economic, environmental, colonial, and post-colonial history."" - Thomas Spear, series editor and author of Mountain Farmers: Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru