The African Poor - A History

Klappentext Professor Iliffe traces the history of the poor of Sub-Saharan Africa from the thirteenth-century Ethiopia to the South African resettlement sites of the 1980s. Zusammenfassung Professor Iliffe traces the history of the poor of Sub-Saharan Africa from the thirteenth-century Ethiopia to the South African resettlement sites of the 1980s. The author also investigates what it was like to be poor and how they can help themselves. This is a book for all concerned with the future of Africa! as well as for students of poverty elsewhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The comparative history of the poor; 2. Christian Ethiopia; 3. The Islamic tradition; 4. Poverty and pastoralism; 6. Yoruba and Igbo; 7. Early European initiatives; 8. Poverty in South Africa, 1886-1948; 9. Rural poverty in colonial Africa; 10. Urban poverty in tropical Africa; 11. The care of the poor in colonial Africa; 12. Leprosy; 13. The growth of poverty in independent Africa; 14. The transformation of poverty in southern Africa; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Iliffe, Iliffe John
• Assisted by: David Anderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.12.1987
• EAN: 9780521348775
• ISBN: 978-0-521-34877-5
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; African Studies Series; Print on Demand; African Studies Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories