Addis Ababa -The Evolution of an Urban African Cultural Landscape.

As a relatively new urban landscape, Addis Ababa possesses a rich cultural history that continues to develop today. Drawing on numerous first-person accounts of Addis Ababa from its inception to the present day, as well as the author's own field research, this work traces the development of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reminick, Ronald A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
Urbanization > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa.
Natural resources > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa.
Urbanisation > Éthiopie > Addis-Abeba.
Ressources naturelles > Éthiopie > Addis-Abeba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Natural resources
Urbanization
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Communities - Urban Groups.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) > Ethnic relations.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) > Economic conditions.
Addis-Abeba (Éthiopie) > Relations interethniques.
Addis-Abeba (Éthiopie) > Conditions économiques.
Ethiopia > Addis Ababa
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ADDIS ABABA
  • THE EVOLUTION OF AN URBAN AFRICAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Linguistic Note; Part One: Introduction; Chapter 1: Theoretical and Ethnographic Contexts of Anthropology; Chapter 2: Introduction to the Land, Peoples, and Cultures of Ethiopia; Chapter 3: The Formation of Early Urban Places in Ethiopia; Chapter 4: The Geomorphology and Natural Resourcesof the Addis Ababa Region; Part Two: Early Development; Chapter 5: The Founding of Addis Ababa; Chapter 6: Patterns of Early Development
  • Chapter 7: Churches and SchoolsChapter 8: The Italian Occupation; Part Three: Urban Ecology; Photos; Photo 11. Cityscape from a balcony of the Addis Ababa Sheraton Hotel.; Photo 12. Newly constructed buildings.; Photo 13. Congested housing in a poor section of the city.; Photo 14. Old Indian architecture.; Photo 15. Building under construction using preformed concrete and eucalyptus pole scaffolding.; Photo 16. Fruit stand in the wealthier area of Bole.; Photo 17. Shoeshine boys at work supporting themselves, and often, their families.; Photo 18. City street sweepers and taxi.
  • Photo 19. Woman carrying eucalyptus branches.Photo 20. Children with mother selling peanuts in the street.; Chapter 9: The Urban Ecology of Roadscapes,Architectural Styles and Settlement Patterns; Chapter 10: Economic Institutions and Venues:An Historical Perspective; Chapter 11: Challenges to Public Health and Welfare; Part Four: Research on Motivation and Modernization:Prospects for the Future; Chapter 12: Motivation and ModernizationA review of David Korten's urban psychological analysis; Part Five: Conclusions:The State of the City in Comparative Perspective
  • Conclusion: The State of the Cityin Comparative PerspectiveBibliography; Index

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