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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Africa: A Geographic Preface | |
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The Moving ITCZ | |
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Natural Regions | |
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Continents Adrift | |
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The Historical Context | |
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The Peopling of Africa | |
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Political Patterns of the Past | |
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Trade, Exploration, and Conquest | |
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The Colonial Period | |
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Conclusion | |
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African Politics | |
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The Impact of Colonialism | |
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Nationalism and the Politics of Independence | |
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The Transfer of Power | |
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Independence | |
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The Centralization of State Power | |
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Patronage, the Patrimonial State, and Personal Rule | |
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Military Intervention | |
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The Political Economy of Decline | |
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State and Society in Crisis | |
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Structural Adjustment and the Reordering of the State | |
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Beyond Autocracy | |
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The Economies of Africa | |
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Precolonial Economies | |
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The Influence of Colonialism | |
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Postcolonial Development Strategies | |
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Current Issues | |
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African International Relations | |
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The Dependency-Decolonization Debate | |
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The Formulation and Implementation of African Foreign Policies | |
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Pan-Africanism and the Organization of African Unity | |
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Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration | |
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The Role of Foreign Powers in African International Relations | |
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The United Nations and International Financial Institutions | |
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The Changing Equation of Military Intervention | |
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Toward the Future | |
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Population, Urbanization, and AIDS | |
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Precolonial and Colonial Periods | |
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Postindependence Trends | |
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Family Planning | |
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Urban Population Policy | |
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AIDS in Africa | |
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Africa's Environmental Problems | |
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The Environment in Africa | |
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Contemporary Problems of the African Environment | |
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Development and the Environment | |
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Other Issues of Environmental Concern | |
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Conclusion | |
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Family and Kinship | |
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African Kinship and Marriage | |
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New Areas of Study and Holdovers from the Past in Contemporary African Societies | |
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Challenges to Contemporary African Kinship Systems | |
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Women and Development | |
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Women in Precolonial Africa | |
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European Penetration | |
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The Postindependence Period | |
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Women in the Economy | |
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Women and Politics | |
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Prospects for African Women | |
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Religion in Africa | |
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African Traditional Religions | |
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Christianity in Africa | |
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Islam in Africa | |
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Conclusion | |
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African Literature | |
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African Oral Literature | |
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Written Literature in African Languages | |
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African Literature in European Languages | |
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Conclusion | |
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South Africa | |
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The Peopling of South Africa | |
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The Roots of Racial Discrimination | |
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The Advent of the British Factor | |
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The Mineral Revolution | |
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The United Settler State | |
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Nationalist Rule and the Creation of the Apartheid State | |
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The Attempt to Modernize Apartheid | |
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Dismantling the Apartheid State | |
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The Tortuous Road to a New South Africa | |
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Conclusion | |
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Trends and Prospects | |
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Poverty Reduction | |
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Debt | |
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Trade and Investment | |
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Aid | |
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Information Technology | |
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List of Acronyms | |
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Glossary | |
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Basic Political Data | |
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The Contributors | |
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Index | |
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About the Book | |