Addis Ababa
Subtitle: migration and the making of a multiethnic metropolis,1941-1974
By: Getahun Benti
Publisher: Red Sea Press; Red Sea Press, U.S.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Urbanization -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa; Rural-urban migration -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Economic conditions; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-269) and index
Table of contents: title: Maps and photographs; title: Abbreviations; title: Preface; title: The setting; title: Introduction; title: Urbanization and migration in Ethiopian studies: scopes, limitations and perspectives; title: Addis Ababa: from foundation to 1974; title: The dynamics; title: Rural and regional factors of migration; title: Economic growth, employment opportunities, and social services; title: The dynamics of education; title: The migration of women: socioeconomic and cultural factors; title: Addis Ababa: population and the ethnolinguistic dynamics of migration to the city; title: The challenge; title: The burdens of overgrowth: "overurbanization" and Addis Ababa's major challenges, 1941-1974; title: Conclusion: "transcending" politics and ethnicity - the sociology of living together in Addis Ababa; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index