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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 8 |
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African social studies series ; v. 8. 1568-1203
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| Contents |
CONTENTS; Titles and Locations of Maps and other Figures; Introduction: African History and Social Space in Africa (Allen M. Howard and Richard M. Shain); Nodes, Networks, Landscapes, and Regions: Reading the Social History of Tropical Africa 1700s-1920 (Allen M. Howard); "Region" as Historical Production: Narrative Maps from the Western Serengeti, Tanzania (Jan Bender Shetler); Mobility, Genealogical Memory, and Constructions of Social Space in Northern Gabon (John M. Cinnamon); The Disappearing District? Territorial Transformation in Southern Gabon 1850-1950 (Christopher Gray) |
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The Salt That Binds: The Historical Geography of a Central Nigerian Regional Identity (Richard M. Shain)Habitation and Warfare Strategies in 19th Century Mande--a View from the Kafu (Jan Jansen); Re-Marking on the Past: Spatial Structures and Dynamics in the Sierra Leone-Guinea Plain, 1860-1920s (Allen M. Howard); Abstracts; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
In this collection authors apply spatial analysis to case studies of social, economic, and political dynamics in West, Central, and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Also included is a lengthy essay re-interpreting tropical Africa, 1800-1930, using spatial theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human geography -- Africa
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Public spaces -- Africa
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Geographical perception -- Africa
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Spatial behavior -- Africa
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Geographical perception
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Human geography
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Public spaces
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Spatial behavior
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Sozialgeografie
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Ruimtelijke aspecten.
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Historische geografie.
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shain, Richard M
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| ISBN |
9781433707575 |
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1433707578 |
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