The Geography of Modern Africa / / William A. Hance.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hance, William A.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1964]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 1964
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (658 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Part One INTRODUCTION --; I. The Interest in Africa --; II. The Physical Background --; III. The Economic Setting --; IV. The Population and Peoples of Africa --; V. The Political Scene in Africa --; Part Two NORTHERN AFRICA --; VI. The Maghrib and Northwest Africa --; VII. Libya --; VIII. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) --; IX. The Republic of the Sudan --; Part Three WEST AFRICA --; X. West Africa: Introduction --; XI. West Africa: Land Use --; XII. West Africa: Minerals and Mining --; XIII . Industrialization in West Africa --; Part Four EQUATORIAL AFRICA --; XIV. Middle Africa from Chad to Congo (Brazzaville) --; XV. The Congo Republic (Leopoldville) --; XVI. Rwanda and Burundi --; Part Five EASTERN AFRICA --; XVII . Ethiopia --; XVIII . Somalia --; XIX. East Africa --; Part Six SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA --; XX. The Rhodesias and Nyasaland --; XXI. Angola and Mozambique --; Part Seven SOUTHERN AFRICA --; XXII . The Republic of South Africa --; XXIII . South-West Africa --; XXIV . The High Commission Territories --; Part Eight MADAGASCAR AND THE MASCARENES --; XXV. Madagascar --; XXVI . The Mascarenes --; Bibliography --; Subject Index --; Index of Geographical Xames --; Picture Credits
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231894135; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/hanc93524
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William A. Hance.

Explores the economy of Africa to analyze the drawbacks and attributes that affect economic development. The continent is approached on a regional basis with all but the first five background chapters being devoted to individual countries and groups of countries.