Development In Modern Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Past and Present Perspectives
Redaktion: Shanguhyia, Martin S.; Falola, Toyin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Development in Modern Africa: Past and Present Perspectives contributes to our understanding of Africa's experiences with the development process. The book will be of interest to academics in the field of history, African studies and regional studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000721751
• Artikelnr.: 57847361

Autorenporträt

Martin S. Shanguhyia, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of African History in the History Department in Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. His research and teaching interests reflect an intersection between colonialism, environment, economy, and development. He studies these elements regarding African rural communities, both agricultural and pastoral. Toyin Falola, Ph.D. is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Priority Argument, Politics, and Development in
Africa 3. Female Chastity, Peace and Security in the Precolonial
Yorubaland: Implications for National Development 4. Handicraft (ise owo):
A Tool for Sustainable Development among Women in Akokoland, 1900-1960 5.
Gender and Development in Africa: The Revolving Influence of Urban Centers
on the Traditional Obligation of Umuada in Igboland, Nigeria 6. Railways
and Economic Development: The Nigerian Experience in the Global Context 7.
Community Development in the Light of Ecclesiastical sensitivity to Climate
Change in Ilorin, Nigeria 8. Conflict, Insecurity, and Sustainable
Development in Africa: The Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria 9. The Creation
of Contestation and the Conditions of Encroachment: Land Grabs, Squatting,
and the Legacy of Land Reform in Tanzania and Nepal 10. South Africa's
policy vision for black businesses - the role of entrepreneurship in
development 11. Hypomobility - An Epidemiological Analogue for Viewing
Urban Transport Conditions in Africa and other Developing Countries 12.
Development Planning Under Stress in West Africa: Exploring Options to
Forge Ahead