Sub-Saharan Africa :
Maddox, Gregory.
Sub-Saharan Africa : an environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006. - xi, 355 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. - Nature and human societies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-324 and index.
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.
1851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1851095608 (ebook)
2005034782
Human ecology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Environmental conditions.
GE160 / MAD 2006
304.20967
Sub-Saharan Africa : an environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006. - xi, 355 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. - Nature and human societies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-324 and index.
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.
1851095551 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1851095608 (ebook)
2005034782
Human ecology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Environmental conditions.
GE160 / MAD 2006
304.20967