Africa - Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

Informationen zum Autor Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch is Professor of History at the University of Paris. She is the author and editor of numerous books on historical and contemporary Africa. Klappentext "Coquery-Vidrovitch's book is not merely good; it's marvellous. It represents the finest product of the Annales tradition of structural history."-Immanuel Wallerstein Zusammenfassung Presents a synthesis that explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished people and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF MAPS  PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION  PART I. AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH: THE MOST ERRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY 1. Demography, Ecology, and History  2. The Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade 3. Demography and Colonization PART II. THE STATE: FROM CHIEFSHIP TO MILITARY POPULISM 4. Precolonial Rule: From the Rural Community to the State  5. State Resistance to Colonial Control  6. From Chiefdom to Tribalism: The Contradictions of Government   PART III. THE LAND: FROM SUBSISTENCE TO SCARCITY  7. Peasant Societies: Endurance and Change 8. Capitalism or Socialism? Recent Developments in the Rural Sector  9. Revolt and Resistance, Collaboration and Assimilation PART IV. LABOR AND THE CITY: AFRICA'S FUTURE 10. Workers: From Labor Migration to Proletarianization 11. Labor Action: Social Protest to the End of World War II  12. Trade Unionism and Nationalism: The Slow Growth of Sociopolitical Movements  13. Cities, Social Classes, and the Informal Sector: The Future of Poverty CONCLUSION  APPENDIX: THE SOURCES OF AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY  NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX...

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• Authors: Coquery-vidrovitch, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Coquery-Vidrovitch Catherine
• Assisted by: David Maisel (Translation), Maisel David (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.1992
• EAN: 9780520078819
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07881-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, African History, Political science and theory, Population & demography, Population and Demography