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.