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Sub-Saharan Africa : an environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Nature and human societiesPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006.Description: xi, 355 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper)
  • 9781851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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Contents:
African environments and the origins of humanity -- African environments and the development of food production systems -- African environments and the development of complex societies -- African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange -- African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule -- African environments in the age of conservation and development -- Case Studies -- Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert -- Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape -- Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks GE160.A357M33 2006 1 Available 33710001037428

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-324 and index.

African environments and the origins of humanity -- African environments and the development of food production systems -- African environments and the development of complex societies -- African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange -- African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule -- African environments in the age of conservation and development -- Case Studies -- Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert -- Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape -- Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.