ASA Review of Books, Volume 6 - 1980
- This volume was published under a former title. See this journal's title history.
Contents
Rethinking Southern Africa and United States Interests: Policy, Politics, and Economic Implications
Africa, the MNCs, and International Politics
René Lemarchand, ed. American Policy in Southern Africa: The Stakes and the Stance. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978. 451 pp. Notes. $10.75 paper. - Arnt Spandau. Economic Boycott Against South Africa: Normative and Factual Issues. Capetown: Juta & Co., Ltd., 1979. 180 pp. Notes, tables, appendices, indices. R6,00 paper.
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Africa, the MNCs, and International Politics
David L. Duffy. A Survey of the United States Government’s Investment in Africa. Waltham, Mass.: Crossroads Press, 1978. 112 pp. $10.00 paper.
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George O. Roberts. Afro-Arab Fraternity: The Roots of Terramedia. Beverley Hills, Calif.: Sage Library of Social Research, 1980. 251 pp. Maps, charts, figures, notes, bibliography, index. $18.00 hardcover; $8.95 paper. - Victor T. Le Vine and Timothy W. Luke. The Arab-African Connection. Political and Economic Realities. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1979. 155 pp. Appendix, references, index. $20.00.
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Barbara Rogers. White Wealth and Black Poverty. American Investments in Southern Africa. Westport, Conn., and London, England: Greenwood Press, for the Center on International Race Relations, 1976. xv + 331 pp. Appendices, index. $14.95.
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Societal Structures, Women’s Roles, and Women’s Consciousness
Women and the Family in Contemporary Africa
Margaret Strobel. Muslim Women in Mombasa 1890-1975. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1979. xii + 258 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $19.50. - Stephanie Urdang. Fighting Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea Bissau. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1979. 320 pp. Map, photographs, notes. $16.50 (paperback available, fall 1980).
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Understanding the African Family and High Fertility
Women and the Family in Contemporary Africa
John C. Caldwell, ed. The Persistence of High Fertility. Family and Fertility Change: Changing African Family Series, No. 1. 2 vols. Canberra: The Australian National University, 1977. xiv + 897 pp. Tables, bibliography, figures, notes, index, description of contributors. Paper, no price given. - C. Oppong, G. Adaba, M. Bekombo-Priso, and J. Mogey, eds. Marriage, Fertility and Parenthood in West Africa. The Changing African Family Project Monograph Series, Monograph 4. 2 vols. Canberra: The Australian National University, 1978. xxviii + 848 pp. Tables, notes, graphs, figures, appendix, index. Paper, no price given.
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New Attainments in Feminist Scholarship
Women and the Family in Contemporary Africa
Karen Sacks, Sisters and Wives. The Past and Future of Sexual Equality. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. xi + 274 pp. Illustrations, notes, tables, bibliography, index. $22.50. - Ilsa M. Glazer Schuster. New Women of Lusaka. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1979. xiv + 209 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, glossary, appendix, index. $4.95 paper.
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Women and the Family in Contemporary Africa
Patricia Caplan and Janet M. Bujra, eds. Women United, Women Divided. Comparative Studies in Ten Contemporary Cultures. Bloomington and London: University of Indiana Press, 1979. 288 pp. Notes, references, name index, subject index. $15.00.
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Disease, Society, and African Development
Health, Disease, and Society
Gerald W. Hartwig and K. David Patterson, eds. Disease in African History: An Introductory Survey and Case Studies. Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press, 1978. xiv + 255 pp. Maps, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index. $13.75. - Robert F. Stock. Cholera in Africa. Diffusion of the Disease 1970-75 with Particular Emphasis on West Africa. London: International African Institute, 1976. vii + 127 pp. Maps, figures, tables, appendices, bibliography. $8.50. - Edward S. Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of West Africa. Algonac, Mich.: Reference Publications, Inc., 1978. 330 pp. Maps, illustrations, plates, glossary, bibliography, index. $29.95.
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Health, Disease, and Society
Z. A. Ademuwagun, John A. A. Ayoade, Ira E. Harrison, and Dennis M. Warren, eds. African Therapeutic Systems. Waltham, Mass.: Crossroads Press, 1979. 273 pp. Maps, tables, index. $30.00.
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Steven Feierman. Health and Society in Africa: A Working Bibliography. Waltham, Mass.: Crossroads Press, 1979. 210 pp. Index. $20.00 paper.
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An Invaluable Tool for Research in Rural Development
Dry Lands of Africa
Sahel Bibliographic Bulletin. East Lansing, Mich.: Sahel Documentation Center. Published quarterly. No price given.
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Dry Lands of Africa
Thurston Clarke. The Last Caravan. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1978. 286 pp. Illustrations, maps, index. $10.95.
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Jeremy Keenan, The Tuareg: People of Ahaggar. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1977. xiii + 385 pp. Plates, figures, maps, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. $19.95.
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J. M. Kowal and A. H. Kassam. Agricultural Ecology of Savanna. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. xi + 403 pp. Maps, tables, footnotes, list of organizations, references, author index, subject index. $42.00.
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Philip W. Porter. Food and Development in the Semi-Arid Zone of East Africa. Syracuse, N. Y.: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 1979. vi + 107 pp. Tables, figures, plates, maps, notes, references. $4.50 paper.
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Search for Synthesis in African History
Teaching Materials
J. D. Fage. A History of Africa. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. x + 534 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $17.95 hardcover; $10.95 paper. - John E. Flint, ed. The Cambridge History of Africa. 5, c. 1790-c. 1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. xv + 617 pp. Maps, bibliography, index. $55.00. - J. D. Fage. An Atlas of African History. 2d ed. Maps drawn by Maureen Verity. Maps, appendix, index. $26.50 hardcover; $12.00 paper.
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Problems in Developing New Teaching Materials
Teaching Materials
Mario J. Azevedo. The Returning Hunter. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 60 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - Carole Ann Buchanan. Strangers No Longer. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 59 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - Louise Crane. The Antelope Rises: Elimo Njau, East African Artist. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 60 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - Gary P. Ferraro. The Two Worlds of Kamau. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 60 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - Charlotte M. Hartwig. The Book and the Drum. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 60 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - Thomas J. Larson. Dibebe’s Choice. Thompson, Conn.: InterCulture Associates, 1978. 60 pp. Illustrations, map. No price given. - A. I. Asiwaju and M. Crowder, eds. Tarikh. Vol. 5, No. 3. Protest Against Colonial Rule in West Africa. Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Humanities Press, 1977. 56 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographies. $2.25 paper. - A. I. Asiwaju and M. Crowder, eds. Tarikh. Vol. 5, No. 4. The African Diaspora. Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Humanities Press, 1978. 118 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographies. $2.25 paper. - Robert Smith, ed. Tarikh. Vol. 6, No. 1. Historical Method. Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Humanities Press, 1978. 65 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographies. $2.25 paper.
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Adolescence in West African Literature
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Virginia DeLancey and Mark DeLancey. Tinkering with School. Thompson, Conn.: InterCultural Associates, 1978. 58 pp. Photographs, map. Paper, no price given. - Obi B. Eguna. The Minister’s Daughter. Glasgow: Fontana, 1977. 96 pp. $1.75 paper. - Buchi Emecheta. The Slave Girl. New York: Brazillier, 1977. 179 pp. $7.95. - Manon Spitzer. A Matter of Trust. Thompson, Conn.: InterCultural Associates, 1978. 58 pp. Photographs, map. Paper, no price given.
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The Sad Tale of a Text
Teaching Materials
Mounir Farah et al. Global Insights, Peoples and Cultures. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1980. Photos, maps, glossary, index. No price given. - Mounir Farah et al. Teacher’s Guide, Global Insights. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1980. 217 pp. Photos, charts. No price given. - Ella C. Leppert. Sub-Saharan Africa: A Culture Area. Urbana: Social Science Curriculum Study Center, University of Illinois Curriculum Laboratory, 1967. 396 pp. Maps, charts. No price given. - Ella C. Leppert and Ellen C. K. Johnson. Sub-Saharan Africa. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1980. 136 pp. Photos, maps, glossary, index. No price given.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 174-183
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