African landscapes : interdisciplinary approaches /

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Imprint:New York ; [London] : Springer, c2009.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 515 p., [24] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Studies in human ecology and adaptation ; 4
Studies in human ecology and adaptation ; 4.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8889962
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Other authors / contributors:Bollig, Michael.
Bubenzer, Olaf, 1964-
ISBN:9780387786827
0387786821
0387786813 (cloth)
9780387786810 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Print version: African landscapes. New York ; [London] : Springer, c2009 9780387786810 0387786813
Standard no.:9786612288265
Table of Contents:
  • Visions of landscapes : an introduction / Michael Bollig
  • Arid landscapes : detection and reconstruction : perspectives from earth sciences and archaeology
  • State, power, and control in Africa's arid landscapes : perspectives from the historical sciences
  • Identity, memory, and power in Africa's arid landscapes : perspectives from social and cultural anthropology
  • Language and the conceptualisation and epistemics of African arid landscapes : perspectives from linguistics and oral history.