Africa : endurance and change south of the Sahara

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Africa : endurance and change south of the Sahara

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch ; translated by David Maisel

University of California Press, c1988

  • : alk. paper
  • :pbk

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Afrique noire

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Translation of: Afrique noire

Bibliography: p. 351-376

Includes index

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: alk. paper ISBN 9780520056794

内容説明

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.
巻冊次

:pbk ISBN 9780520078819

内容説明

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.

目次

LIST OF MAPS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH: THE MOST ERRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY 1. Demography, Ecology, and History 2. The Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade 3. Demography and Colonization PART II. THE STATE: FROM CHIEFSHIP TO MILITARY POPULISM 4. Precolonial Rule: From the Rural Community to the State 5. State Resistance to Colonial Control 6. From Chiefdom to Tribalism: The Contradictions of Government PART III. THE LAND: FROM SUBSISTENCE TO SCARCITY 7. Peasant Societies: Endurance and Change 8. Capitalism or Socialism? Recent Developments in the Rural Sector 9. Revolt and Resistance, Collaboration and Assimilation PART IV. LABOR AND THE CITY: AFRICA'S FUTURE 10. Workers: From Labor Migration to Proletarianization 11. Labor Action: Social Protest to the End of World War II 12. Trade Unionism and Nationalism: The Slow Growth of Sociopolitical Movements 13. Cities, Social Classes, and the Informal Sector: The Future of Poverty CONCLUSION APPENDIX: THE SOURCES OF AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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