Details

Subject(s)

• Urbanization—Africa, Sub-Saharan [Browse]
• Rural-urban migration—Africa, Sub-Saharan [Browse]
• Cities and towns—Africa, Sub-Saharan—Growth [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. [More in this series]
• Africa (Routledge (Firm)) ; 15. [More in this series]
• Africa ; XV

Summary note

Urbanization is probably the most important process taking place in African countries. This book provides a lucid and informative study of the significance of urbanization for social change in sub-Saharan Africa, which has vital implications for all developing regions.
Originally published in 1974.

Notes

First published in 1974.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 28, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The migratory basis of urban growth; 2. Modern urbanization and its opportunistic undertones; 3. Attitudes to work and wage-employment; 4. Social class and ethnicity; 5. Urbanization and race relations; 6. Urban social organization; 7. Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Further reading; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-53129-7
• 1-136-53136-X
• 1-315-01732-6

OCLC

• 863823321
• 958105934
• 868979963

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315017327

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