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Survey of Subsaharan Africa : A Regional Geography

ISBN: 9780195170801 | 0195170806
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 6/9/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
H. J. de Blij is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Michigan State University. Roy Cole is Associate Professor of Geography and Planning at Grand Valley State University.
Survey of Subsaharan Africa: A Regional Geography provides empirical, analytical, and thought-provoking coverage of the different countries, populations, economies, and climates of Subsaharan Africa, a geographic realm that has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. It retains the successful structure of de Blij and Best's classic w... MORE
Figures and Tables
vii
Prefacexvii
Acknowledgmentsxix
The Physiography of Africa
1... MORE
Climate, Vegetation, and Soils of Africa
17(24)
African Cultural and Political Hearths: A Historical Geography
41(30)
The Colonial Interlude
71(21)
The Contemporary Map of Africa
92(29)
The Population of Africa
121(26)
The Geography of Health and Disease
147(30)
Land Use in Africa
177(77)
African Development, Manufacturing, and Industry
254(25)
WEST AFRICA
279(124)
Ghana: An African Epitome
283(17)
Experiment in Federation in Nigeria
300(35)
Liberia and Sierra Leone: The End of Anarchy?
335(17)
A French Legacy: Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Togo, and Benin
352(20)
The Desert Tier: Problems in the Interior, Climate Change, Population Growth, and Desertification
372(31)
CENTRAL AFRICA
403(46)
Spatial and Cultural Influences in the Growth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
407(23)
Development Contrasts in Central Lowland Africa
430(19)
EAST AFRICA, THE HORN, AND SUDAN
449(118)
False Start in Tanzania
457(20)
Kenya: The Problem of Land and Governance
477(16)
Uganda: East African Emerging Economy?
493(16)
Rwanda and Burundi: Reaping The Whirlwind
509(11)
Ethiopia: A Legacy of Feudalism, Imperialism, and Great Power Geopolitics
520(16)
Somalia: Irredentism and Fragmentation
536(13)
Sudan: Bridge Between African and Arab?
549(18)
SOUTHERN AFRICA
567(155)
South Africa: Challenges of Racism, Rebellion and Reconciliation
572(35)
Development Contrasts in Three Landlocked Southern African States: Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
607(21)
Zimbabwe: A Failure in Partnership
628(14)
Unfinished Business: Addressing Inequality in Landownership in Namibia
642(18)
Zambia and Malawi: On the Tightrope
660(15)
Mozambique and Angola: A Legacy of Lusotropicalism and Marxism
675(34)
Madagascar: Ecological Diversity and Sustainable Development
709(13)
Index722


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