Sub-Saharan Africa : an environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox.
| Author/creator | Maddox, Gregory |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2006. |
| Description | xi, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Nature and human societies Nature and human societies. ^A699957 |
| Contents | African environments and the origins of humanity -- African environments and the development of food production systems -- African environments and the development of complex societies -- African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange -- African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule -- African environments in the age of conservation and development -- Case Studies -- Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert -- Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape -- Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-324 and index. |
| LCCN | 2005034782 |
| ISBN | 1851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1851095608 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781851095605 (ebook) |