Intro
Foreword by the Series Editors: Social Science Approaches to Africa
Contents
List of Figures
1: Introduction
1.1 Question
1.2 Structure of the Book
References
2: Societal Impact of Gift Practices
2.1 Marcel Mauss: "The Famous Unknown"
2.2 Marcel Mauss' Theory of Commitment
Kula, Potlatsch and the Hau
2.3 The Three Characteristics of the Binding Gift
The Gift of a "Fait Social Total"
The Triad of Give, Take, Reciprocate
The Giver in the Given
References
3: Research Procedure
3.1 Sociological Ethnography as a Research Basis

3.2 Field Research in Tanzania
First Fieldwork Trip: Field Access and Exploratory Field Research
Second Fieldwork Trip: Expert Interviews and Guided Interviews
Third Field Trip: Dense Description and Narrative-Ethnographic Interviews
Fourth Fieldwork Trip: Communicative Validation
Data Evaluation and Analysis
3.3 Effects of "Getting Involved"
References
4: Smallholder Life in Transition
4.1 The End of Seclusion
4.2 The Two Faces of Namtumbo
4.3 Traditional Farmsteads and Ways of Life in Transition
4.4 Nutrition from One's Own

4.5 Cultivation for the Market and Its Consequences
References
5: Seeds in Namtumbo: Resource or Social Good?
5.1 Introduction of Commercial Seed Through the Formal Seed System
5.2 The Importance of the Farmer Seed System
5.3 Farmers' Seed Reproduction
Seed Selection
Seed Deposit
Preparation of the Seed for Sowing
Sowing
5.4 Seeds: A Resource for Women
References
6: Seed Purchase via Social Networks
6.1 Forms of Seed Exchange
6.2 Confidence in Foreign Seed
6.3 Seed Giving: Emergency Insurance and Relationship Builder
References

7: "Those Who Sell Seeds Forget Their Humanity"
8: "Agriculture Is for Those Who Have No Education"
9: Concluding Remarks: Smallscale Farmers' Survival in a Monetized World
Reference
Bibliography