The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities indigenous to this region were not always poor-historically, they had access to a variety of resources that allowed them to prosper in the harsh, arid environment. This access was mediated by a robust moral economy of pastoralism that acted as a social safety net. Steven Serels charts the erosion of this moral economy, a slow-moving process that began during the Little Ice Age mega-drought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and continued through the devastating famines of the twentieth century. By examining mass sedentarization after the Second World War as merely the latest manifestation of an inter-generational environmental and economic crisis, this book offers an innovative lens for understanding poverty in northeastern Africa.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Steven Serels
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-94164-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	3-319-94164-X
Barcode:	9783319941646

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