The Atlas of African Affairs
Autor Ieuan L.l. Griffithsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 oct 1993
The basic format of integrated text and maps is supplemented by guides to further reading at the end of each section as well as a series of detailed statistical tables at the end of the book.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415054881
ISBN-10: 0415054885
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415054885
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
UndergraduateRecenzii
From reviews of the first edition:'... one of the handiest reference books available on Africa.' - Geography
'... easily the best of its kind. It is authoritative, unbiased and lucid.' - Geographical Journal
'Every conceivable topic from the languages spoken and endemic diseases to physical, religous and ideological barriers or affinities are traced in both their past and present contexts.' - Geographical Magazine
'... easily the best of its kind. It is authoritative, unbiased and lucid.' - Geographical Journal
'Every conceivable topic from the languages spoken and endemic diseases to physical, religous and ideological barriers or affinities are traced in both their past and present contexts.' - Geographical Magazine
Notă biografică
Ieuan Ll. Griffiths is Reader in Geography at the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex.
Cuprins
Chapter 1 Introduction; partA Environmental; Chapter 2 Africa: barrier peninsula; Chapter 3 The physique of Africa; Chapter 4 Sunshine and storm; Chapter 5 Soils; Chapter 6 Vegetation; Chapter 7 Drought; Chapter 8 Disease and pestilence; Chapter 9 Population; Chapter 10 Languages; Chapter 11 Literacy; Chapter 12 Quality of life; Chapter 13 Further reading; partB Histrorical; Chapter 14 Africa: cradle of humankind; Chapter 15 Pre-European history; Chapter 16 European penetration to 1880; Chapter 17 Slave trades; Chapter 18 The scramble for Africa; Chapter 19 Colonial Africa; Chapter 20 The advance of independence; Chapter 21 Further reading; partC Political; Chapter 22 The states of modern Africa; Chapter 23 Boundary problems; Chapter 24 Land-locked states; Chapter 25 A political pecking order; Chapter 26 Africa must unite!; Chapter 27 Libya and its neighbours; Chapter 28 Coups d'étatand military rule; Chapter 29 Zaire: the threat of secessionism; Chapter 30 Nigeria: strength through unity; Chapter 31 Uganda: ravaged Garden of Eden; Chapter 32 Liberia: a civil war spills over; Chapter 33 Somalia: irredentism to civil war; Chapter 34 Angola: a cold war killing field; Chapter 35 The French connection; Chapter 36 Kamerun, Cameroun, Cameroon; Chapter 37 African imperialism: Ethiopia and Eritrea; Chapter 38 African imperialism: Morocco and Western Sahara; Chapter 39 Further reading; partD Economics; Chapter 40 Poverty; Chapter 41 National economies; Chapter 42 Traditional economic systems; Chapter 43 Causes of famine; Chapter 44 Cash crops and colonialism; Chapter 45 War, disaster and refugees; Chapter 46 Development and population growth; Chapter 47 International development aid; Chapter 48 Debt, the IMF and restructuring; Chapter 49 Ghana and Ivory Coast: different development paths; Chapter 50 Minerals and mining; Chapter 51 Zambia: a mining economy; Chapter 52 Manufacturing; Chapter 53 Wildlife and tourism; Chapter 54 Kenya: capitalism and tourism; Chapter 55 Migrator