Africa's Urban Past
ISBN-13:
9780325002217
ISBN-10:
0325002215
Author:
David Anderson, Richard Rathbone
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Heinemann
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780325002217
ISBN-10:
0325002215
Author:
David Anderson, Richard Rathbone
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Heinemann
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Summary
Africa's Urban Past (ISBN-13: 9780325002217 and ISBN-10: 0325002215), written by authors
David Anderson, Richard Rathbone, was published by Heinemann in 2000.
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Africa is witnessing dramatic urban growth on a massive scale which, in the space of this century, has reversed the rural - urban settlement patterns of the continent. Yet urbanization has been an important feature of Africa's history for over two thousand years. Towns and cities have been important arenas around which societies have organized themselves: as centres of trade, economic activity and wealth accumulation; as foci of political action and authority; as military garrisons and symbols of physical domination; as sites of ritual power and contact with the sacred; and as places of refuge, shelter and collective security in troubled times.This survey reveals a remarkable depth of urbanization in African history. Each chapter places the city at the centre of discussion. Themes developed are unexpectedly diverse, suggesting not only a distinctive history of urbanism but offering great potential for further research. This volume is thus presented as a starting point for the writing of deeper comparative histories of Africa's urban past.
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