The sharecropping economy on the South African Highveld in the early twentieth century

Keegan, Timothy

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“…Thus, my analyses are consistent with the recent sociological tradition showing that household structure is not necessarily a result of "modernity", but is instead shaped by local social and economic influences in particular historical contexts. These findings may have implications for the many other contemporary and historical contexts in which sharecropping is found (Aymard 1982;Bhaduri 1973;Byres 1983;Cheung 1969;Chirot 1976;Finkler 1978;Jonsson 1992;Keegan 1983;Lampland 1995;Lehmann 1986;Mann 1990;Morooka and Hayami 1989;Nee and Young 1991;Reid 1976;Robertson 1980;Roumasset 1976;Royce 1993;Swain 1985;Wells 1996;Yoon 1975).…”

Section: Labour Use and Landlord Control In Tuscanymentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Sharecropping is a common form of land tenure, found in a wide variety of historical and contemporary contexts (Aymard 1982;Bhaduri 1973;Byres 1983;Cheung 1969;Chirot 1976;Finkler 1978;Jonsson 1992;Keegan 1983;Lampland 1995;Lehmann 1986;Mann 1990; Morooka and Hayami 1989;Nee and Young 1991;Reid 1976;Robertson 1980;Roumasset 1976;Royce 1993;Swain 1985;Wells 1996;Yoon 1975). Studies of sharecroppers provide counterpoints to arguments that the nuclear family predominated in pre-industrial societies, because they show that sharecroppers often lived in large, extended families (Kertzer 1984(Kertzer :8-12, 1989(Kertzer , 1991.…”

Section: Labour Use and Landlord Control In Tuscanymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth‐Century Tuscany

Emigh

1998

J Historical Sociology

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The prevalence of large and extended families among sharecroppers in northern and central Italy during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has been well documented in the historical demographic literature. Landlords relied on tenants' extended household structure to provide a large labor force that increased their income. In earlier centuries, however, landlords' involvement in agricultural production may have had little impact on household structure. Evidence from fifteenth-century Tuscany illustrates that household extension was not as common among sharecroppers during this period of time. Qualitative analyses of personal correspondence and tax declarations from the fifteenth century suggest reasons why landlords' management techniques did not lead to household extension among sharecroppers. Unlike landlords in later periods of time, fifteenth-century landlords relied more on rearranging plots of land than particular demographic practices, because land consolidation was still in progress and farms were not fixed geographically. In addition, during the earlier period of time, sharecropping was less institutionalized and landlords had less power over their tenants. These findings suggest that sharecropping, as a tenurial form, did not necessarily lead to household extension. Instead, the effect of the tenurial form depended on the nature of sharecropping and the degree of landlords' power.

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Section: Labour Use and Landlord Control In Tuscanymentioning

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Section: Labour Use and Landlord Control In Tuscanymentioning

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Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth‐Century Tuscany

Emigh

1998

J Historical Sociology

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“…The number of farms in the commercial farming areas of South Africa was still increasing throughout the first half of the century, while labour tenancy and sharecropping remained features of the farm economy despite the legal prohibition ( e.g. Keegan, 1983; Morrell, 1986; Trapido, 1986; Murray, 1992). At the same time population pressure in the homelands was increasing and already above the environmental carrying capacity ( e.g.…”

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The Long‐term Economic Consequences of Agricultural Marketing Legislation in South Africa

Vink

2012

South African J Economics

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The marketing of most agricultural products in South Africa was subject to intervention by statutory bodies over a period of some 60 years. At the time of the promulgation of the first legislation there was a vigorous debate on the predicted economic effects; in 1983 one of the architects of these instruments published a justification in these pages, followed in 2000 by a “post‐mortem,” which confirmed most of the negative predictions that had been made. The purpose in this article is to revisit this debate and to provide a first assessment of the long‐term impacts of the legislation.

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“…Along this trend, agrarian contracts, and sharecropping more specifically, become a major focus of interest. However, studies dealing with sharecropping in sub-Saharan Africa remain few and far between (Charmes, 1975;Keegan, 1983;Robertson, 1987;Boadu, 1992;Lawry, 1993;Amanor and Diderutuah, 2001;Kassie and Holden, 2007;Bellemare, forthcoming). As more generally in studies regarding sharecropping in developing countries, they deal with the production of traditional crops.…”

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Sharecropping in Non-traditional Agro-export Production: The Abougnon Contract for Pineapple Cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire

Colin

2011

Eur J Dev Res

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This article highlights the role of sharecropping in small-scale, non-traditional export production, through the case of pineapple production in Coˆte d'Ivoire. The study reveals the diversity of contractual configurations with respect to the same crop, under the same local term of abougnon. Beyond a description of contractual practices, the article explores the rationale for share contracts in a context of imperfect tenancy, labour and credit markets. The analysis of actors' rationales in entering abougnon contracts points out the role of financing constraints and disequilibrium in the tenancy market. It highlights the secondary role played by transaction costs induced by moral hazard, incentives or -up to the crisis that struck down the sector -production and market risks. This in-depth, localised longitudinal case study relies on first-hand data collected through intensive fieldwork conducted in the village of Djimini-Koffikro in 1983and 2002-2003, updated in 2010 Cet article met en exergue le roˆle du me´tayage dans la production d'exportation non traditionnelle ap etite e´chelle, en s'appuyant sur le cas de la production d'ananas en Coˆte d'Ivoire. L'e´tude re´ve`le la diversite´des configurations contractuelles pour une meˆme culture et sous un meˆme terme local (abougnon). Au dela`d'une description des pratiques contractuelles, cet article examine la logique sous-tendant les contrats de me´tayage dans un contexte ou`les marche´s de location de terre, du travail et du cre´dit sont imparfaits. L'analyse des raisons pour lesquelles les acteurs passent des contrats d'abougnon met en e´vidence le roˆle des contraintes de financement et du de´se´quilibre du marche´locatif. Elle souligne le roˆle secondaire des couˆts de transactions induits par l'ale´a moral, des incitations ou -jusqu'a`la crise qui s'est abattue sur ce secteur -des risques de production et de marche´. Cette e´tude de cas longitudinale, approfondie et localise´e, s'appuie sur des donne´es de premie`re main recueillies graˆce a`un travail intensif de terrain effectue´dans le village de Djimini-

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The sharecropping economy on the South African Highveld in the early twentieth century

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth‐Century Tuscany

Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth‐Century Tuscany

The Long‐term Economic Consequences of Agricultural Marketing Legislation in South Africa

Sharecropping in Non-traditional Agro-export Production: The Abougnon Contract for Pineapple Cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire

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