The city in modern Africa ; [papers] / edited by Horace Miner.
| Author/creator | Conference on Methods and Objectives of Urban Research in Africa |
| Other author | Miner, Horace (Horace Mitchell), 1912-1993, editor. |
| Other author | Joint Committee on African Studies. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Praeger, [1967] |
| Description | xi, 364 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Praeger library of African affairs Sponsored by the Joint Committee on African Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council Praeger library of African affairs. ^A356655 |
| Contents | The city and modernisation: an introduction, by H. Miner.--Comparative analysis of processes of modernisation, by D. Lerner.--Motives and methods: reflections on a study in Lagos, by P. Marris.--Africa and the theory of optimum city size, by J. J. Spengler.--Urbanisation and economic growth: the cases of two white settler territories, by W. J. Barber.--Structural discontinuities in African towns: some aspects of racial pluralism, by L. Kuper.--The political structure of urban-centered African communities, by W. J. Hanna and J. L. Hanna.--Bureaucracy and urban symbol systems, by L. Tiger.--Father-child relationships and changing life-styles in Ibadan, Nigeria, by R. A. Levine, N. H. Klein and C. R. Owen.--Environmental change, types of descent, and child rearing practices, by R. Clignet.--Kampala-Mengo, by A. Southall.--List of works cited (p. 337-353) |
| LCCN | 67029714 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HT148.A2 C6 1967 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |