By Daniel R. Aronson,Matthew Holden

ISBN-10: 0870735632

ISBN-13: 9780870735639

ISBN-10: 1138534714

ISBN-13: 9781138534711

The urban Is Our Farm examines cultural swap in Africa from the vantage element of actual humans stuck up in that modify. by way of proposing vignettes from the day-by-day lives of 7 families, Professor Aronson offers what's the resource of social-science concept: the adventure of people. To readers who ponder improvement when it comes to GNP, political rhetoric, and imprecise abstractions, this e-book provides a much-needed corrective.

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