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Africa's moment / Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Ray ; translated by David Fernbach.
Lippincott Library HC800.A1 S4813 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sévérino, Jean-Michel.
- Standardized Title:
- Temps de l'Afrique. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Developing Countries.
- Economic Development.
- Polictics.
- Social Change.
- Africa--Politics and government--1960-.
- Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Africa--Social conditions--1960-.
- Social conditions.
- Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.
- Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- Medical Subjects:
- Developing Countries.
- Economic Development.
- Polictics.
- Social Change.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Peopling of a Continent 5
- 1 Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? 7
- 2 Malthus on CNN 17
- Part 2 Africa on the Move 27
- 3 A Black Peril? 29
- 4 Crowded Roads 41
- Part 3 Africa against Growth? 53
- 5 The Undiscoverable Curse 55
- 6 The Great Wheel of Growth 64
- Part 4 When Africa Awakes 77
- 7 The Great Shake-Out 79
- 8 Emerging Africans 89
- Part 5 Between God and Mammon 97
- 9 Urban Compositions 99
- 10 Crescent and Cross 107
- 11 Switched-on Africa 122
- 12 The End of Ethnicity 132
- 13 African Democracy 140
- Part 6 Three Lines of March 149
- 14 The Dangers of Rent 151
- 15 The Vanguard of Development 162
- 16 Fragile Africa: One Crisis after Another 176
- Part 7 Invigorating the World 191
- 17 The Limits to Growth 193
- 18 Light against Darkness 200
- 19 The Hunger for Land 213
- 20 The Human Struggle 222
- Part 8 The Newcomer at the Feast of Nations 229
- 21 Africa Courted 231
- 22 Africa's New Exploiters? 240
- 23 Acknowledging Africa 251
- Conclusion: Can Africa Reject Development? 262.
- Notes:
- First published in French as Le temps de l'Afrique, 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745651577
- 9780745651576
- OCLC:
- 682095487
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