African cities and towns before the European conquest / by Richard W. Hull.

Main entry:

Hull, Richard W., 1940- author.

Title & Author:

African cities and towns before the European conquest / by Richard W. Hull.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [1976]

Description:

xxi, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134) and index.
1. Origins of cities and towns -- 2. Physical definitions of cities and towns -- 3. Origins and evolution of African habitations -- 4. Town and society -- 5. The life and death of urban centers.
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Summary:

The sophistication and diversity of precolonial urban Africa south of the Sahara is documented to, "dispel the stereotypical view of Africans living in simple, primitive, look-alike agglomerations."

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0393055817 (hardback)
9780393055818 (hardback)
039309166X (paperback)
9780393091663 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns Africa, Sub-Saharan History.
Villes Afrique subsaharienne Histoire.
Cities and towns.
Civilization.
Stadt
Africa, Sub-Saharan Civilization.
Afrique subsaharienne Civilisation.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Afrika
Africa south of the Sahara Towns to 1885

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 20273
Call No.: PO3276; ID:87-B7400
Status: Available

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