The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945
The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities indigenous to this region were not always poor-historically, they had access to a variety of resources that allowed them to pros...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Becoming Poor
- 2. Survival by Conversion, 1640-1840
- 3. Divided and Conquered, 1840-1883
- 4. War, Disease, Famine, Destruction, 1883-1893
- 5. An Unequal Recovery, 1893-1913
- 6. The Cost of Living Becomes Unaffordable, 1913-1945
- 7. Conclusion: Being Poor.
