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Improves upon Taking Sides (Moseley's previous reader with McGraw
Hill) by keeping the same debate style format providing brand new
content on a range of up to date issues. Each issue will be
organized around a key question and will include 'yes' versus 'no'
essays penned by leading experts on the topic. These essays will be
bracketed by issue introductions and conclusions. Conclusions will
direct students to further resources on the issue.
This book presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the
study of African urban history and culture. Moving between
precolonial, colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the
major regions, religions, and urban societies of sub-Saharan
Africa. African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective presents new
and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban
history and culture. It presents original research and integrates
historical methodologies with those of anthropology, geography,
literature, art, and architecture. Moving between precolonial,
colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the major
regions, religions, and cultural influences of sub-Saharan Africa.
The themes include Islam and Christianity, architecture, migration,
globalization, social and physical decay, identity, race relations,
politics, and development. This book elaborates on not only what
makes the study of African urban spaces unique within urban
historiography, it also offers an-encompassing and up-to-date study
of the subject and inserts Africa into the growing debate on urban
history and culture throughout the world. The opportunities
provided by the urban milieu are endless and each study opens new
potential avenues of research. This book explores some of those
avenues and lays the groundwork on which new studies can build.
Contributors: Maurice NyamangaAmutabi, Catherine Coquery
Vidrovitch, Mark Dike DeLancey, Thomas Ngomba Ekali, Omar A. Eno,
Doug T. Feremenga, Laurent Fourchard, James Genova, Fatima
Muller-Friedman, Godwin R. Murunga, Kefa M. Otiso, Michael Ralph,
Jeremy Rich,Eric Ross, Corinne Sandwith, Wessel Visser. Toyin
Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the
Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the
University of Texas at Austin; Steven J.Salm is Assistant Professor
of History, Xavier University of Louisiana.
Improves upon Taking Sides (Moseley's previous reader with McGraw
Hill) by keeping the same debate style format providing brand new
content on a range of up to date issues. Each issue will be
organized around a key question and will include 'yes' versus 'no'
essays penned by leading experts on the topic. These essays will be
bracketed by issue introductions and conclusions. Conclusions will
direct students to further resources on the issue.
The population of African immigrants in the United States has grown
rapidly over the past few decades. African Immigrants and the
American Experience: Race, Anti-Black Violence, and the Quest for
the American Dream by Wanjala S. Nasong’o, Imali J. Abala, and
Kefa M. Otiso explores contemporary sub-Saharan African
immigrants’ experiences with issues of race, ethnicity, and
systemic violence in the United States. Each contributor within
this volume dissects how these issues have impacted, and in many
cases snuffed out, the immigrants’ quest for the fabled American
dream. Divided into three sections, each chapter focuses on these
main themes: race and anti-black violence, educational attainment
among African immigrants in pursuit of the American dream, and
African immigrant’s socioeconomics, health, and well-being.
Through research and first-hand accounts, the contributors provide
perspectives of what it truly means to be a sub-Saharan African
immigrant in the United States.
Population Geography provides students with an introduction to the
subject, a task that requires integrating information from many
disciplines including demography, geography, sociology,
anthropology, psychology, political science, economics, biology,
medicine, and philosophy. Population Geography takes a close look
at causes and consequences of dramatic population growth in recent
decades as well as a discussion of countries experiencing slow and
zero population growth. Population Geography features updated
information on: The U.S. Census Bureau and the statistics of Canada
and other countries Current population data and demographic trends
shown in color maps, graphs, and tables Global warming, including
recent reports and plans from the Intergovernmental Panel for
Climate Change (IPCC) Genetically-modified foods and some of the
anticipated benefits and problems U.S. immigration The consequences
of urbanization and the resulting decline in populations of the
Great Plains; and the AIDS pandemic Population Geography covers
important population issues including: Population growth
Demographics Population distribution and composition Basic
demographic processes, mortality, fertility, and migration
Relationship between population, environment, and food supply.
This book provides a fascinating, up-to-date overview of the
social, cultural, economic, and political landscapes of Tanzania.
In Culture and Customs of Tanzania, author Kefa M. Otiso presents
an approachable basic overview of the country's key
characteristics, covering topics such as Tanzania's land, peoples,
languages, education system, resources, occupations, economy,
government, and history. This recent addition to Greenwood's
Culture and Customs of Africa series also contains chapters that
portray the culture and social customs of Tanzania, such as the
country's religion and worldview; literature, film, and media; art,
architecture, and housing; cuisine and traditional dress; gender
roles, marriage, family structures, and lifestyle; and music,
dance, and drama. Describes historical events from the late 1800s
to the present day Provides several maps depicting Tanzania's
location in Africa, major physical features, administrative units,
urban areas, ethnic groups, and population distribution Contains an
interdisciplinary bibliography of sources in the areas of
geography, history, anthropology, and popular culture Includes a
glossary of key terms, places, cities, ethnic groups, and
personalities
Since achieving independence from Great Britain in 1962, the East
African country of Uganda has been ravaged by political turmoil and
the more recent crisis of the AIDS epidemic, but is now in the
process of rebuilding and democratizing. Culture and Customs of
Uganda is a fascinating overview of the current state of Ugandan
society, where largely rural ethnic groups are experiencing the
pull of urban centers, while the changes brought about by Western
influences bear on practically every aspect of people's lives.
Examples from the main ethnic groups are used to explain
traditional culture and adaptations to modern life in religion,
gender roles, courtship and marriage, work, education, family life,
ceremonies, the arts, media, and more. This is the essential
reference source to turn to for solid insight into Uganda. The
wealth of detail in the coverage of the subjects above plus the
land, people, history, literature, architecture/housing, cuisine,
dress, gender roles, social customs and lifestyle, provides readers
with broad sense of the country and its inhabitants. The sensitive
narrative conveys the nuances between old and new, urban and rural,
elite and poor for each topic. In addition, the evolution of
Ugandan peoples is superbly demonstrated. Highlights include a
discussion of the ways in which adherents of world religions such
as Christianity and Islam mix these with traditional African
religious belief in spirits, diviners, and rainmakers. The book
also explores patriarchy and the social and inheritance system that
has hindered women's education and prospects and exposed them to
HIV/AIDS. Finally, there is a celebration of the various forms of
artistic expression, such asdrumming, ceremonial dance, and
handicrafts, particularly ceramic pottery, that have won accolades,
as well as a look at artists who excel in writing poetry, producing
hip-hop, and painting batiks for popular consumption.
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