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Author:   Ieuan L.l. Griffiths
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138148611

ISBN 10:   113814861
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 July 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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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

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Ieuan Ll. Griffiths is Reader in Geography at the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex.

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