Urbanization as a social process : an essay on movement and change in contemporary Africa

Author(s)

• Little, Kenneth Lindsay

Bibliographic Information

Urbanization as a social process : an essay on movement and change in contemporary Africa

Kenneth Little

（Routledge library editions, . Anthropology and ethnography ; 15 . Africa ; 15）

Routledge, 2004, c1974

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Urbanization is probably the most important process taking place in African countries. This book provides a lucid and informative study of the significance of urbanization for social change in sub-Saharan Africa, which has vital implications for all developing regions. Originally published in 1974.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The migratory basis of urban growth
• Chapter 2 Modern urbanization and its opportunistic undertones
• Chapter 3 Attitudes to work and wage-employment
• Chapter 4 Social class and ethnicity
• Chapter 5 Urbanization and race relations
• Chapter 6 Urban social organization
• Chapter 7 Conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA71684602
• ISBN:
  • 0415329949
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 153 p.
• Size: 23cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 307.760967
  • DC : 301.36
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Urbanization -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Rural-urban migration -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Cities and towns -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Growth
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62797390