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OverviewUrbanization has been an important feature of Africa's history for over 2000 years. Towns and cities have been arenas around which societies have organized themselves: as centres of trade and economic activity; as foci of political action and authority; as military garrisons; as sites of ritual power; and as places of refuge and collective security in troubled times. This collection reveals the depth of urbanization in African history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David M. Anderson , R.J.A.R. Rathbone , R.J.A.R. RathbonePublisher: James Currey Imprint: James Currey Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.496kg ISBN: 9780852557617ISBN 10: 0852557612 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 20 January 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsI have seldom read a book which introduced me to so many new things - to so many fresh topics and to so much new research by scholars, many of them young, as well as by established figures such as John Thornton and Robin Law... I found this book almost a course in African Studies in itself. - Terence Ranger in AFRICAN AFFAIRS The editors provide an excellent introduction which outlines the entire history of African urbanism in eight tightly-written pages, explains the rationale of the book in the context of the state of the art, and places the seventeen studies included here into their broader academic context. - Anthony Lemon in ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW ... will definitely be on my undergraduate African History reading list. - David Dorward in ARAS 'I have seldom read a book which introduced me to so many new things - to so many fresh topics and to so much new research by scholars, many of them young, as well as by established figures such as John Thornton and Robin Law... I found this book almost a course in African Studies in itself.' - Terence Ranger in African Affairs 'The editors provide an excellent introduction which outlines the entire history of African urbanism in eight tightly-written pages, explains the rationale of the book in the context of the state of the art , and places the seventeen studies included here into their broader academic context.' - Anthony Lemon in English Historical Review '... will definitely be on my undergraduate African History reading list.' - David Dorward in ARAS I have seldom read a book which introduced me to so many new things - to so many fresh topics and to so much new research by scholars, many of them young, as well as by established figures such as John Thornton and Robin Law... I found this book almost a course in African Studies in itself. - Terence Ranger in AFRICAN AFFAIRS The editors provide an excellent introduction which outlines the entire history of African urbanism in eight tightly-written pages, explains the rationale of the book in the context of the state of the art, and places the seventeen studies included here into their brin the context of the state of the art, and places the seventeen studies included here into their broader academic context. - Anthony Lemon in ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW .. I have seldom read a book which introduced me to so many new things - to so many fresh topics and to so much new research by scholars, many of them young, as well as by established figures such as John Thornton and Robin Law... I found this book almost a course in African Studies in itself. - Terence Ranger in AFRICAN AFFAIRS The editors provide an excellent introduction which outlines the entire history of African urbanism in eight tightly-written pages, explains the rationale of the book in the context of the state of the art, and places the seventeen studies included here into their broader academic context. - Anthony Lemon in ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW ... will definitely be on my undergraduate African History reading list. - David Dorward in ARAS Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |