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Author Hull, Richard W., 1940- author

Title African cities and towns before the European conquest / by Richard W. Hull
Edition First edition
Published New York : Norton, [1976]
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [1976]
©1976

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Description xxi, 138 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents 1. Origins of cities and towns -- 2. Physical definitions of cities and towns -- 3. Origins and evolution of African habitations -- 4. Town and society -- 5. The life and death of urban centers
Summary The sophistication and diversity of precolonial urban Africa south of the Sahara is documented to, "dispel the stereotypical view of Africans living in simple, primitive, look-alike agglomerations."
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134) and index
Subject Cities and towns -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History.
SUBJECT Africa South of the Sahara -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001668 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Africa South of the Sahara -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001668
LC no. 76016038
ISBN 0393055817
039309166X (paperback)
9780393055818
9780393091663 (paperback)