This is a synthesis of case studies and theory which takes issue with established African demographic theory, emphasising that demography is an historical process, a permanent and varied adaptation to social and economic change. The book covers 20 African societies in the sub-Saharan region, examining not the effects of slavery, colonialism and capitalism on each, but also the resistance and resilience of indigenous African institutions and individuals.
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This is a synthesis of case studies and theory which takes issue with established African demographic theory, emphasising that demography is an historical process, a permanent and varied adaptation to social and economic change. The book covers 20 African societies in the sub-Saharan region, examining not the effects of slavery, colonialism and capitalism on each, but also the resistance and resilience of indigenous African institutions and individuals.
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Textual maps, graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, slight page-edge soil, VG. 22x14cm, 304 pp. Contains 8 papers. Includes: D.B. Cordell, et al: "African Historical Demography: The Search for a Theoretical Framework"; P. Manning "Local versus Regional Impact of Slave Exports on Africa"; M.A. Klein "The Demography of Slavery in Western Soudan: The Late 19th-Century"; A. Mahadi & J.E. Inikori "Population & Capitalist Development in Precolonial West Africa: Kasar Kano in the 19th Century"; C. Becker, et al: "L'evolution demographique regionale de Senegal et du bassin arachidier (Sine-Saloum) au vingtieme siecle, 1904-1976"; M. Echenberg " 'Faire du negre': Military Aspects of Population Planning in French West Africa, 1920-1940"; R. Gervais "Creating Hunger: Labor & Agricultural Policies in Southern Mosi, 1919-1940"; T.M. Painter "Making Migrants: Zarma Peasants in Niger, 1900-19 2 0".
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