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050 00 $aGF701$b.N48 1995
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100 1 $aNewman, James L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50004747
245 14 $aThe peopling of Africa :$ba geographic interpretation /$cJames L. Newman.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9506
300 $axiv, 235 pages :$billustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
520 $aAfrican identities constitute one of Newman's main themes; thus he discusses the roles played by genetic background; language, occupation, and religion. Population distribution is the other main theme.
520 8 $aAs a geographer, the author uses regions, spaces and places as his filters for viewing how Africans have responded through time to differing natural and human environmental circumstances.
520 8 $aDrawing on biology, archeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and demography, as well as geography, Newman describes the richness and diversity of Africa's inhabitants, the technological changes that transformed their lives, the formation of polities, from small kin groups to states and empires, and the influence of external forces, particularly the slave trade. Maps are an integral part of the book, conveying information and interrelating local, regional, and continental contexts.
650 0 $aHuman geography$zAfrica.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009126612
651 0 $aAfrica$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001556
650 0 $aPrehistoric peoples$zAfrica.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010108032
651 0 $aAfrica$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114100
852 00 $boff,leh$hGF701$i.N48 1995
852 00 $bbar$hGF701$i.N48 1995