The Mbeere in Kenya: Changing Rural Ecology

by Bernard W. Riley, David Brokensha

Overview

This volume offers an extremely detailed account of social and ecological change in a small and marginal area of Kenya over 17 years. The study focuses on the interaction of people and their environment, and on the influence of outside forces. Chapter headings include: The Setting, The Uses of Plants, and Agriculture. Includes several tables, charts and maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819169976
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/19/1988
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.26(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

Bernard W. Riley is a Lecturer of Geography in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California. David Brokensha is a Professor of Anthropology in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

Editorial Reviews

Based on three years of fieldwork spread over a seventeen year period, this study will stand as one of the seminal efforts in the field of ethnobotany.

Dennis M. Warren