ISBN: 9780325002200

Yet urbanizat has been an important feature of Africas history for over two thousand years. Each chapter places the city at the centre of discuss. Product DescriptAfrica is witnessing dra… Mehr…

Yet urbanizat has been an important feature of Africas history for over two thousand years. Each chapter places the city at the centre of discuss. Product DescriptAfrica is witnessing dramatic urban growth on a massive scale which, in the space of this century, has reversed the rural - urban settlement patterns of the continent. Yet urbanizat has been an important feature of Africas history for over two thousand years. Towns and cities have been important arenas around which societies have organized themselves: as centres of trade, economic activity and wealth accumulat; as foci of political act and authority; as military garrisons and symbols of physical dominat; as sites of ritual power and contact with the sacred; and as places of refuge, shelter and collective security in troubled times.This survey reveals a remarkable depth of urbanizat in African history. Each chapter places the city at the centre of discuss. Themes developed are unexpectedly diverse, suggesting not only a distinctive history of urbanism but offering great potential for further research. This volume is thus presented as a starting point for the writing of deeper comparative histories of Africas urban past.About the AuthorDAVID M. ANDERSON is Senior Lecturer in African History at SOAS, University of London.RICHARD RATHBONE is Professor of Modern African History at SOAS, University of London, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Binding: Paperback, Publication Date: 30-01-2000, Sprache: English, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 0.94X9.2X6.06, ISBN-10: 0325002207, ISBN-13: 9780325002200, SKU: SONG0325002207, Buchtitel: Africas Urban Past, Heinemann<

2000, ISBN: 0325002207

[EAN: 9780325002200], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Heinemann], Some ink and highlighting, bumping on the corners, a bit of the plastic is peeling off the paper on the bottom of the back… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780325002200], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Heinemann], Some ink and highlighting, bumping on the corners, a bit of the plastic is peeling off the paper on the bottom of the back cover. A useful but not decorative book., Books<

2000, ISBN: 0325002207

[EAN: 9780325002200], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Heinemann], May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Books

2000, ISBN: 0325002207

[EAN: 9780325002200], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Heinemann], Books