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The spatial factor in African history : the relationship of the social, material, and perceptual /

In this collection authors apply spatial analysis to case studies of social, economic, and political dynamics in West, Central, and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Also included is a lengthy essay re-interpreting tropical Africa, 1800-1930, using spatial theory.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Howard, Allen M., Shain, Richard M. (Richard Matthew), 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Colección:African social studies series ; v. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Titles and Locations of Maps and other Figures; Introduction: African History and Social Space in Africa (Allen M. Howard and Richard M. Shain); Nodes, Networks, Landscapes, and Regions: Reading the Social History of Tropical Africa 1700s-1920 (Allen M. Howard); "Region" as Historical Production: Narrative Maps from the Western Serengeti, Tanzania (Jan Bender Shetler); Mobility, Genealogical Memory, and Constructions of Social Space in Northern Gabon (John M. Cinnamon); The Disappearing District? Territorial Transformation in Southern Gabon 1850-1950 (Christopher Gray).