Desert frontier: ecological and economic change along the western sahel, 1600-1850
Auteur :
Jr, James L.A. Webb,
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299143343
Date de publication :
30 déc. 1994
Dimensions :
22,6 x 15,1 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
355 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A study of the ecological and economic impact of desertification along the southern edge of the western Sahara. A climatological trend toward increasing aridity has forced the desert 300 kilometers to the south, transforming ethnic identities and ways of life along the Western Sahel.