book chapter

The rural economies

Native economies of Nigeria : being the first volume of a study of the economics of a tropical dependencyLondon, EnglandPublished In 1946 • Pages: 119-179

By: Forde, Cyril Daryll, Scott, Richenda.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter is concerned primarily with the economic production of rural and semi-rural households in the Hausa area. While production levels are treated in terms of products and their values, considerable incidental information is included on the size and activities of households, agricultural methods, small-scale trade, standard of living, and government development programs for the agricultural region.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Production and supply
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hausa
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Western Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
George R. Bedell ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
by Professor Daryll Forde and Dr. Richenda Scott
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hausa (African people)