Understanding Contemporary Africa / / ed. by Donald L. Gordon, April A. Gordon.

An up-to-date, multidisciplinary book designed for use as a core text in “Introduction to Africa” and “African Politics” courses and also as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of other discipline-oriented curriculums.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©2001
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (477 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Africa: A Geographic Preface
  • 3 The Historical Context
  • 4 African Politics
  • 5 The Economies of Africa
  • 6 African International Relations
  • 7 Population, Urbanization, and AIDS
  • 8 Africa's Environmental Problems
  • 9 Family and Kinship
  • 10 Women and Development
  • 11 Religion in Africa
  • 12 African Literature
  • 13 South Africa
  • 14 Trends and Prospects
  • List of Acronyms
  • Glossary
  • Basic Political Data
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book