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100	1		_aReader, John. _942366
245	1	0	_aAfrica : _ba biography of the continent / _cJohn Reader.
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York : _bA.A. Knopf, _c1998.
300			_axii, 801 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_a"Originally published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, in 1997"--P.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 745-783) and index.
520		0	_aWe all originated in Africa, and no matter what our race, our most ancient relationship is with that continent. Reader tells the story of our earliest ancestors' adaptation to Africa's ferocious obstacles of jungle, river, and desert, and of how its unique array of animals, plants, viruses, and parasites has over millions of years helped and hindered human progress to a degree unknown anywhere else on Earth. Illustrated with many of the author's own photographs, which capture the staggering diversity of human experience in every part of the continent - from the inland estuaries of the Niger and the rain forests of the Equator, to the deserts of the north and the high veld of the south - this book weaves together into a narrative the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, the changing patterns of indigenous life over the millennia, the complex history of slavery, the devastating impact of European settlers, and the fragile reemergence of independent nations.
651		0	_aAfrica _xHistory. _957164
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