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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Overview
• 1. Map of Africa
• 2. Imagining Africa: Roots of Western Perceptions of the Continent
• 3. Thinking about Development: Development Theory and Practice in the African Context
• Culture and Society
• 4. African Culture: Diversity and Creativity
• 5. Societal Diversity: Language, Ethnicity, and Religion
• 6. Gender Dynamics: Men and Women in African Societies
• Physical Environment
• 7. Geology and Geomorphology of Africa
• 8. Africa's Climate: Regions, Dynamics, and Change
• 9. Biogeography and Ecology
• Africa in Historical Perspective
• 10. African Past
• 11. Colonial Legacy
• 12. Independent Africa: Politics and Development
• Dynamics of Population
• 13. Population Distribution
• 14. Population Growth
• 15. Population Mobility

• African Economies
• 16. Africa in the World Economy
• 17. National Economies: Strategies for Growth and Development
• 18. Prospects for Economic Integration
• Rural Economies
• 19. Indigenous Food Production Systems
• 20. Agrarian Development and Change
• 21. Food Security
• Urban Economies and Societies
• 22. Evolution of Urban Structure
• 23. Urban Economies
• 24. Urban Living Environments
• Resources
• 25. Mineral and Energy Resources
• 26. Water Resources
• 27. Flora and Fauna as Economic Resources
• Social Geography
• 28. Living in Poverty
• 29. Social Policy: The Health Sector
• 30. Children in Africa: Prospects for the Next Generation.

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Author/Creator:

Stock, Robert F.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Africa south of the Sahara: a geographical interpretation [by Stock, R.F.]

Related Series:

Texts in regional geography

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan — Geography

Africa, Sub-Saharan — History — 1960-

Africa, Sub-Saharan — Economic conditions

Since 1960

Economic conditions

Geography

Sub-Saharan Africa

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DT351.9 .S76 2013eb

ISBNs:

146250812X (electronic bk.)
9781462508129 (electronic bk.)
9781462508112 (hardcover) [Invalid]
1462508111 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781606239926 (pbk.) [Invalid]
1606239929 (pbk.) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

821182012

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1092448 (source: MiAaPQ)