Roads Through Mwinilunga

Iva Peša, Ph.D. (2014), Leiden University, is a Research Associate in Environmental History at the University of Oxford. She has published extensively on Mwinilunga, including in The Objects of Life in Central Africa (Brill, 2013).

• AcknowledgementsList of illustrationsIntroduction1 Paths to the Past: Continuity and Change in Mwinilunga, c. 1750s–1970s2 Production: Crops, Meat, and Markets3 Mobility4 Consumption: Goods, Wealth, and Meaning5 Settlements and Social Change: Continuity and Change in Village LifeConclusionSourcesIndex

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