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Author Hull, Richard W., 1940- author.

Title African cities and towns before the European conquest / by Richard W. Hull.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [1976]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  301.363096 H877a 1976    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xxi, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt
Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt
Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134) and index.
Contents 1. Origins of cities and towns -- 2. Physical definitions of cities and towns -- 3. Origins and evolution of African habitations -- 4. Town and society -- 5. The life and death of urban centers.
Summary The sophistication and diversity of precolonial urban Africa south of the Sahara is documented to, "dispel the stereotypical view of Africans living in simple, primitive, look-alike agglomerations."
Subject Cities and towns -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Civilization.
Cities and towns. (OCoLC)fst00861748
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0393055817 (hardback)
9780393055818 (hardback)
039309166X (paperback)
9780393091663 (paperback)

 
    
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