Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-07881-9
Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

This masterful synthesis explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished peoples and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Weaving together four major themes—population, political power, the peasantry, and the new growth of the cities—Coquery-Vidrovitch demonstrates the need to recognize the extremely complex heritage of African societies if one is to understand the present or act upon the future of the continent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Maisel, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF MAPS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

PART I. AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH: THE MOST ERRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY
1. Demography, Ecology, and History

2. The Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
3. Demography and Colonization

PART II. THE STATE: FROM CHIEFSHIP TO MILITARY POPULISM
4. Precolonial Rule: From the Rural Community to the State

5. State Resistance to Colonial Control

6. From Chiefdom to Tribalism: The Contradictions of Government

PART III. THE LAND: FROM SUBSISTENCE TO SCARCITY

7. Peasant Societies: Endurance and Change
8. Capitalism or Socialism? Recent Developments in the Rural Sector

9. Revolt and Resistance, Collaboration and Assimilation

PART IV. LABOR AND THE CITY: AFRICA'S FUTURE
10. Workers: From Labor Migration to Proletarianization
11. Labor Action: Social Protest to the End of World War II

12. Trade Unionism and Nationalism: The Slow Growth of Sociopolitical Movements

13. Cities, Social Classes, and the Informal Sector: The Future of Poverty
CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: THE SOURCES OF AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch is Professor of History at the University of Paris. She is the author and editor of numerous books on historical and contemporary Africa.