'The gendered search for new sources of cash, the emergence of residence choices and women's struggles to secure a just reward for their involvements in trade and agriculture, here set against the backdrop of (agricultural) transition, are themes of continued relevance to contemporary Zambia.' Johan Pottier

• 1. Introduction 2. A Peripheral Setting 3. Migration Today: Viewed from a Rural District Town 4. Cohesion today: Kowa Revisited 5. Food Security, Food Trading and Local Administration 6. Land, Labour and Cash 7. Kinship and the Border Economy 8. New Developments in Shifting Agriculture 9. Settlement and Survival: Conclusions

'The gendered search for new sources of cash, the emergence of residence choices and women's struggles to secure a just reward for their involvements in trade and agriculture, here set against the backdrop of (agricultural) transition, are themes of continued relevance to contemporary Zambia.' Johan Pottier

• 1. Introduction 2. A Peripheral Setting 3. Migration Today: Viewed from a Rural District Town 4. Cohesion today: Kowa Revisited 5. Food Security, Food Trading and Local Administration 6. Land, Labour and Cash 7. Kinship and the Border Economy 8. New Developments in Shifting Agriculture 9. Settlement and Survival: Conclusions

'The gendered search for new sources of cash, the emergence of residence choices and women's struggles to secure a just reward for their involvements in trade and agriculture, here set against the backdrop of (agricultural) transition, are themes of continued relevance to contemporary Zambia.' Johan Pottier

• 1. Introduction 2. A Peripheral Setting 3. Migration Today: Viewed from a Rural District Town 4. Cohesion today: Kowa Revisited 5. Food Security, Food Trading and Local Administration 6. Land, Labour and Cash 7. Kinship and the Border Economy 8. New Developments in Shifting Agriculture 9. Settlement and Survival: Conclusions