| Description |
xv, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Africa's physical world -- Environment and history in Africa -- Desert lands, human hands -- A tale of two forests: narratives of deforestation in Ethiopia, 1840-1996 -- Food in the forest: biodiversity, food systems, and human settlement in Ghana's Upper Guinea Forest, 1000-1990 -- Soil matters: erosion and empire in Greater Lesotho, 1830-1990 -- Epilogue: Africa's environmental future as past. |
| Subject |
Africa -- Environmental conditions -- History.
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| ISBN |
0325000964 alkaline paper |
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0852557744 James Currey |
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