Introduction: New Beginnings?
Overview
1. The Map of Africa
2. Imagining Africa: Roots of Western Perceptions of the
Continent
3. Thinking about Development: Development Theory and Practice in
the African Context
Culture and Society
4. African Culture: Diversity and Creativity
5. Societal Diversity: Language, Ethnicity, and Religion
6. Gender Dynamics: Men and Women in African Societies
The Physical Environment
7. Geology and Geomorphology of Africa
8. Africa’s Climate: Regions, Dynamics, and Change
9. Biogeography and Ecology
Africa in Historical Perspective
10. The African Past
11. The Colonial Legacy
12. Independent Africa: Politics and Development
Dynamics of Population
13. Population Distribution
14. Population Growth
15. Population Mobility
African Economies
16. Africa in the World Economy
17. National Economies: Strategies for Growth and Development
18. Prospects for Economic Integration
Rural Economies
19. Indigenous Food Production Systems
20. Agrarian Development and Change
21. Food Security
Urban Economies and Societies
22. The Evolution of Urban Structure
23. Urban Economies
24. Urban Living Environments
Resources
25. Mineral and Energy Resources
26. Water Resources
27. Flora and Fauna as Economic Resources
Social Geography
28. Living in Poverty
29. Social Policy: The Health Sector
30. Children in Africa: Prospects for the Next Generation
Conclusion: Which Future?
Glossary
Robert Stock, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He previously held positions at the University of Saskatchewan and at Queen's University, Ontario.
Stock invites the reader to relearn the map of Africa and to locate
and understand processes and events that continue to influence
Africa’s development paths with quite different and often
unpredictable outcomes. He uses vignettes to simultaneously enliven
the text and create a productive platform on which to engage with
recent developments in the continent. In its third edition, this
book remains one of the key texts on the geographical study of
Africa.--Maano Ramutsindela, PhD, Department of Environmental and
Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
This significantly revised edition of Africa South of the Sahara
offers a critical interpretation of received ideas. Stock situates
contemporary human development concerns about sub-Saharan Africa in
their historical, cultural, and regional perspectives. A new
chapter on the history of development thinking guides the book’s
synthetic discussions of rural and urban economies and livelihoods,
population and resources, and health. The prose is lucid and the
arguments compelling. A highly accessible introductory text for
courses on regional geography, development studies, and global
studies.--Thomas J. Bassett, PhD, Department of Geography and GIS,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I can't wait to use this text in my Geography of African
Development course. The third edition is very up to date; it hits
on many of the important issues associated with current
developments in Africa. While there is continuity with prior
editions, there is also substantial new material that is exciting
to read. Highlights include expanded coverage of cultural factors;
in particular, discussions of African contributions in the arts
will engage students and draw them in to the study of the
continent. Other new content addresses migration, Africa's growing
role in the world economy, poverty as a human rights issue, energy
resources, and much more.--Marilyn Silberfein, PhD, Department of
Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University - Every unit of the
book raises thought-provoking questions and leaves one wanting to
learn more....This text is to be highly recommended to lecturers
looking for useful illustrations and neat summaries and to
undergraduate students taking a broad range of African,
development, and general geography courses. --Journal of African
Earth Sciences, 12/21/2012ƒƒ In Stock's book...[instructors] will
find excellence....Africa South of the Sahara is a textbook
reflecting the author's deep understanding of both the continent
and its research literature. As such, it teaches the teachers as
well as the students. --The Professional Geographer, 12/21/2012
Stock invites the reader to relearn the map of Africa and to locate
and understand processes and events that continue to influence
Africa’s development paths with quite different and often
unpredictable outcomes. He uses vignettes to simultaneously enliven
the text and create a productive platform on which to engage with
recent developments in the continent. In its third edition, this
book remains one of the key texts on the geographical study of
Africa.--Maano Ramutsindela, PhD, Department of Environmental and
Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
This significantly revised edition of Africa South of the Sahara
offers a critical interpretation of received ideas. Stock situates
contemporary human development concerns about sub-Saharan Africa in
their historical, cultural, and regional perspectives. A new
chapter on the history of development thinking guides the book’s
synthetic discussions of rural and urban economies and livelihoods,
population and resources, and health. The prose is lucid and the
arguments compelling. A highly accessible introductory text for
courses on regional geography, development studies, and global
studies.--Thomas J. Bassett, PhD, Department of Geography and GIS,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I can't wait to use this text in my Geography of African
Development course. The third edition is very up to date; it hits
on many of the important issues associated with current
developments in Africa. While there is continuity with prior
editions, there is also substantial new material that is exciting
to read. Highlights include expanded coverage of cultural factors;
in particular, discussions of African contributions in the arts
will engage students and draw them in to the study of the
continent. Other new content addresses migration, Africa's growing
role in the world economy, poverty as a human rights issue, energy
resources, and much more.--Marilyn Silberfein, PhD, Department of
Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University - Every unit of the
book raises thought-provoking questions and leaves one wanting to
learn more....This text is to be highly recommended to lecturers
looking for useful illustrations and neat summaries and to
undergraduate students taking a broad range of African,
development, and general geography courses. --Journal of African
Earth Sciences, 12/21/2012Æ’Æ’ In Stock's book...[instructors] will
find excellence....Africa South of the Sahara is a textbook
reflecting the author's deep understanding of both the continent
and its research literature. As such, it teaches the teachers as
well as the students. --The Professional Geographer, 12/21/2012
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