African landscapes:interdisciplinary approaches

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Bubenzer Olaf, 1964-; Bollig Michael.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: New York [London]
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in human ecology and adaptation ; 4
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78682-7
Carrier Form: xxiii, 515 p., [24] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780387786827 (electronic bk.)
0387786821 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: Q988
CLC: Q988
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Visions of landscapes : an introduction / Michael Bollig -- Arid landscapes : detection and reconstruction : perspectives from earth sciences and archaeology -- State, power, and control in Africa's arid landscapes : perspectives from the historical sciences -- Identity, memory, and power in Africa's arid landscapes : perspectives from social and cultural anthropology -- Language and the conceptualisation and epistemics of African arid landscapes : perspectives from linguistics and oral history.