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Names: Haltermann, Ingo, editor. | Tischler, Julia, 1982- editor.
Title: Environmental change and African societies / edited by Ingo Haltermann and Julia Tischler.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Climate and culture, 2213-0519 ; volume 5 | Papers originally presented at a workshop on “Environmental Change and African Societies” in Essen, Germany, June 2014. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019024724 (print) | LCCN 2019024725 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004410831 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004410848 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Africa, Sub-Saharan–Environmental conditions–Congresses. | Climatic changes–Africa, Sub-Saharan–Congresses. | Human ecology–Africa, Sub-Saharan–Congresses.
Classification: LCC GE160.A357 E59 2020 (print) | LCC GE160.A357 (ebook) | DDC 304.2/50967–dc23
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ISSN 2213-0519
ISBN 978-90-04-41083-1 (hardback)
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