Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: an environmental history
By: Gregory H. Maddox.
Series: Nature and human societies
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, CA
Language: eng
Subjects: Human ecology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: African environments and the origins of humanity; title: African environments and the development of food production systems; title: African environments and the development of complex societies; title: African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange; title: Environmental history of Sub-Saharan Africa; title: African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule; title: Environmental history of Sub-Saharan Africa; title: African environments in the age of conservation and development; title: Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert; title: Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape; title: Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.