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Until the 1960s, the Gokwe region of northwestern Zimbabwe was perceived as the wild, remote, and culturally backward domain of the "Shangwe" tribe. Since the introduction of small-holder cotton production in the 1960s, and the influx of immigrants from the south, it has been represented as a miracle of agrarian transformation, a frontier of commoditization, and more broadly, as an exemplar of the transition to modernity. In this thesis, I explore how alternative narratives of commoditization inform modes of state intervention, representations of ethnic difference, and forms of agrarian labour in Gokwe. Using my own ethnographic journey through Gokwe as a referent, I examine the different ways in which colonial maps, indigenous myths, and ritual exchanges variously locate relations of power, labour and identity in social space. Labour forms and commodity relations are continually remade as farmers, traders, ethnographers and administrators argue over the signs of modernity and its antitheses.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (PH.p.)--Catholic University of America, 1942. / "Selected bibliography": p. 234-246.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Geography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1945. / Published also without thesis note. Vita. Bibliography: p. [188-194].

Thèse--Paris. / Bibliography: p. [v]-x.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-10T14:24:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-09-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-12-10T14:31:07Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000854121.pdf: 838077 bytes, checksum: e0a3ad06314a00e5970e1e35f0033845 (MD5) / A cotonicultura apresenta destaque no cenário mundial, pois emprega tecnologia avançada representada por maquinários modernos e técnicos com grande experiência de campo, elevados investimentos e pela diversidade de utilização da pluma. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o algodoeiro cv. FMT 701 em função de sistemas de aplicação de subdoses de glifosato e regulador de crescimento. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial 6x2 com 4 repetições, perfazendo um total de 48 parcelas, compostas por: a- número de aplicações da subdose do glifosato (20 g e.a. (equivalente ácido) ha -1 ): (zero, uma, duas, três, quatro e cinco), aplicadas via foliar respectivamente aos 40; 40 e 50; 40, 50 e 60; 40, 50, 60 e 70 e 40, 50, 60, 70 e 80 dias após emergência (d.a.e.) das plantas; e b- manejo do regulador de crescimento em aplicação foliar (50 g i.a. (ingrediente ativo - cloreto de mepiquat) ha -1 ) sendo por aplicações de forma parcelada (3 dias após a aplicação da subdose do glifosato) ou de forma única aos 70 d.a.e. (nas parcelas que não receberam a subdose); e sem aplicação. A cultivar de algodão FMT 701 submetida a duas aplicações da subdose do glifosato apresenta maior crescimento em altura e de concentração de Mg foliar além de maior número de capulhos por planta e produtividade de algodão em caroço quando associado ao cloreto de mepiquat. A utilização do regulador de crescimento proporciona aumento do diâmetro do caule, concentração de N e Mg foliar e índice SPAD de clorofila, e diminui o comprimento de ramos reprodutivos. Cinco aplicações da subdose de glifosato associadas à utilização do cloreto de mepiquat proporcionam redução de altura de plantas, produtividade e índice de micronaire no algodoeiro / The cotton crop has featured on the world stage because employs advanced technology, represented by modern machinery and technicians with great field experience, high investments and the diversity of the plume use. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cotton cv. FMT 701 in function of application systems of glyphosate low dose and growth regulator. The experimental design was a randomized block in 6x2 factorial with four replications, totaling 48 plots with: a- number of glyphosate low dose applications (20 g a.e. (acid equivalent) ha -1 ): (zero, one, two, three, four and five), foliar applied respectively to 40; 40 and 50; 40, 50 and 60; 40, 50, 60, 70 and 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 days after emergence of plants (d.a.e.); and b- managing of the growth regulator for foliar application (50 g a.i. (active ingredient - mepiquat chloride) ha -1 ) being split application form (3 days after application of glyphosate low dose) or only way at 70 d.a.e. (in plots that didn't receive a low dose); and without application. The cotton cultivar FMT 701 submitted to two applications glyphosate low dose has increased the height and leaf Mg concentration and greater number of bolls per plant and cotton seed yield when combined with mepiquat chloride. The use of the growth regulator provides increased stem diameter, leaf Mg and N concentration and SPAD chlorophyll content, and decreases the length of reproductive branches. Five applications of glyphosate low dose associated with the use of mepiquat chloride provide height plant reduction, yield and micronaire index in the cotton crop