AFRICA by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, David Maisel (Trans) ( 9780520078819 )

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Title:

AFRICA
ENDURANCE AND CHANGE SOUTH OF THE SAHARA

By:

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, David Maisel (Trans)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520078810

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9780520078819

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

29 May, 1992

Pages:

448

Translated from:

French

Description:

Presents a synthesis that explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished people and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth.

Synopsis:

This masterful synthesis explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished peoples and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Weaving together four major themes - population, political power, the peasantry, and the new growth of the cities - Coquery-Vidrovitch demonstrates the need to recognize the extremely complex heritage of African societies if one is to understand the present or act upon the future of the continent.

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6 maps

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University of California Press

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