L.I.S.A. - Labour in Rural and Agricultural Development Schemes: Reducing or Deepening Inequalities? A Twentieth-Century Perspective

In her lecture, Corinna R. Unger introduces the field of the
history of development by giving a historiographical overview and
outlines key issues relating to rural and agricultural development.
Links to the history of labour will be demonstrated using three
selected examples such as the Groundnut Scheme and the Office du
Niger. Current research perspectives include the connection between
rural development projects and urban-rural migration or gender
inequality. Finally, the talk offers avenues for future research.
Corinna R. Unger is Professor of Global and Colonial History (19th
and 20th centuries) at the European University Institute (EUI) in
Florence. In recent years, she focused in her research on the
history of development; on environmental history in international
perspective and on the history of agriculture and rurality. Den
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