| Place Names in Africa: Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Bigon, Liora (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319324845 ISBN-13: 9783319324845 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 577 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.26" W x 9.56" (1.46 lbs) 229 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial times (British, French, Belgian, Portuguese), with a considerable attention to both the pre-colonial and post-colonial situations. By combining in-depth area studies research - some of the contributions are of ethnographic quality - with colonial history, planning history and geography, the authors intend to show that culture matters in research on place names. |