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Maddox, Gregory. Sub-Saharan Africa an environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006.
1 online resource (xi, 355 p.) : ill., maps. - (Nature and human societies ) Content notes : African environments and the origins of humanity -- African environments and the development of food production systems -- African environments and the development of complex societies -- African environments and the era of the Columbian Exchange -- African environments and the reorganization of space under colonial rule -- African environments in the age of conservation and development -- Case Studies -- Case study 1. The first frontier : the Sahara Desert -- Case study 2. Death and life on the Serengeti : wilderness in Africa as managed landscape -- Case study 3. Transforming the landscape : food production and agriculture in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. 1851095608 (electronic bk.) 9781851095605 (electronic bk.) 1280713526 9781280713521 * Human ecology - Africa, Sub-Saharan. Agriculture - Environmental aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan. Agriculture. Human ecology. Africa, Sub-Saharan - Environmental conditions. SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Geography. * Africa, Sub-Saharan - Environmental conditions. * Series