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Sub-Saharan Africa : an environmental history /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maddox, Gregory
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2006]
Series:Nature and human societies.
Subjects:
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Environmental conditions.
Human ecology > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • African environments and the origins of humanity
  • African environments and the development of food production systems
  • African environments and the development of complex societies
  • African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange
  • African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule
  • African environments in the age of conservation and development
  • Case Studies
  • Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert
  • Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape
  • Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.