Addis Ababa : migration and the making of a multiethnic metropolis,1941-1974 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Benti, Getahun
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, [2007]
Subjects:	Urbanization > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa. Rural-urban migration > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) > Economic conditions. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) > Social conditions.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Maps and photographs
Abbreviations
Preface
The setting
Introduction
Urbanization and migration in Ethiopian studies: scopes, limitations and perspectives
Addis Ababa: from foundation to 1974
The dynamics
Rural and regional factors of migration
Economic growth, employment opportunities, and social services
The dynamics of education
The migration of women: socioeconomic and cultural factors
Addis Ababa: population and the ethnolinguistic dynamics of migration to the city
The challenge
The burdens of overgrowth: "overurbanization" and Addis Ababa's major challenges, 1941-1974
Conclusion: "transcending" politics and ethnicity - the sociology of living together in Addis Ababa
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.