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The African poor: a history
John Iliffe
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page ix)
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1 The comparative history of the poor (page 1)
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2 Christian Ethiopia (page 9)
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3 The Islamic tradition (page 30)
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4 Poverty and power (page 48)
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5 Poverty and pastoralism (page 65)
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6 Yoruba and Igbo (page 82)
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7 Early European initiatives (page 95)
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8 Poverty in South Africa, 1886-1948 (page 114)
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9 Rural poverty in colonial Africa (page 143)
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10 Urban poverty in tropical Africa (page 164)
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11 The care of the poor in colonial Africa (page 193)
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12 Leprosy (page 214)
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13 The growth of poverty in independent Africa (page 230)
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14 The transformation of poverty in southern Africa (page 260)
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Notes (page 278)
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Bibliography (page 356)
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Index (page 377)
Citable Link
Published: 1987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780521348775 (paper)
- 9780521344159 (hardcover)
- 9780511097294 (ebook)