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Titre : Agriculture and ecology in Africa : a study of actual and potential development south of the Sahara Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John Frederick Vicars Phillips (1899-1987), Auteur Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber Année de publication : [1959] Collection : Books that matter Importance : 423, [1] p. Présentation : carte pliée en coul., tabl. Format : 26 cm Note générale : Bibliogr. p. 397-412 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Agriculture -- Afrique ; Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- Afrique ; Écologie -- Afrique Index. décimale : 630.96 Résumé : Note de contenu : Book 1. Scope, basis of approach and the background to the problems of agricultural and related development: I. Why this book? Promptings, scope and basis of approach -- II. Background to the problems of agricultural, forestry and related development in Africa south of the Sahara -- III. Some problems in the vegetation of Africa -- IV. Some hazards presented by the soils of Africa -- V. Problems set by animals wild and domesticated -- Book 2. The forest bioclimatic region and its challenge and promise in regard to agricultural and related development. VI. The forest panclimax -- VII. The highly humid and humid forest bioclimates of parts of the Congo, Cameroons and the Guinea lands and humid forest bioclimate of Northern and Southern Congo -- VIII. Humid forests of Midland-Submontane Eastern Congo-east and south-eastern Africa -- IX. Montane forest bioclimate of parts of west, equatorial, north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern Africa -- X. Montane, midland and coastal forests from Natal to the cape peninsula -- XI. Aspects of the climate of the forest panclimax advantageous and adverse to the development of agricultural and related resources -- XII. The development and the major soil groups of the equatorial-tropical divisions of the forest panclimax -- XIII. Forest soils and agricultural development: physical features -- XIV. Forest soils and agricultural development: fertility -- XV. A summary of challenge and promise of the main sub-regions of the forest panclimax in relation to agricultural and forestry development -- Book 3. The great wooded Savanna and related bioclimatic regions and their challenge to and promise for agricultural and related development. XVI. Wooded Savanna -- XVII. Bioclimatic region MSAWS: mild subarid wooded Savanna -- XVIII. Bioclimatic region SAWS: subarid wooded Savanna -- XIX. Bioclimatic region AWS: arid wooded Savanna -- XX. Bioclimatic region SD: subdesert -- XXI. Bioclimatic region D: desert -- XXII. Open grass Savanna and Macchia -- XXIII. Wooded Savanna and related soils: some important features -- XXIV. Some characteristics of wooded Savanna and related soils -- XXV. A summary of challenge and promise of the main wooded Savanna and several other regions in relation to agricultural and associated development -- Book 4. Problems of human and animal health and of economics and planning in agricultural and related development. XXVI. Africa's challenge to the health of man and livestock -- XXVII. Lack of water and of lines of communication -- XXVIII. Some of the problems of a low to marginal economy in agriculture and related production -- XXIX. Agricultural and related production: the paradox of plenty and poverty -- XXX. Points and problems in a vexed economy -- XXXI. Haste is waste -- XXXII. Three large-scaled development schemes and the lessons they impart -- XXXIII. Major agricultural and related development schemes in Africa: what decides success or failure? -- Book 5. General conclusions and suggestions. XXXIV. Wherein all have failed -- XXXV. The way ahead: some thoughts for those responsible for agricultural and related development in Africa -- XXXVI. General conclusions and broad recommendations regarding agricultural and related development Agriculture and ecology in Africa : a study of actual and potential development south of the Sahara [texte imprimé] / John Frederick Vicars Phillips (1899-1987), Auteur . - Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber, [1959] . - 423, [1] p. : carte pliée en coul., tabl. ; 26 cm. - (Books that matter) .
Bibliogr. p. 397-412
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Agriculture -- Afrique ; Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- Afrique ; Écologie -- Afrique Index. décimale : 630.96 Résumé : Note de contenu : Book 1. Scope, basis of approach and the background to the problems of agricultural and related development: I. Why this book? Promptings, scope and basis of approach -- II. Background to the problems of agricultural, forestry and related development in Africa south of the Sahara -- III. Some problems in the vegetation of Africa -- IV. Some hazards presented by the soils of Africa -- V. Problems set by animals wild and domesticated -- Book 2. The forest bioclimatic region and its challenge and promise in regard to agricultural and related development. VI. The forest panclimax -- VII. The highly humid and humid forest bioclimates of parts of the Congo, Cameroons and the Guinea lands and humid forest bioclimate of Northern and Southern Congo -- VIII. Humid forests of Midland-Submontane Eastern Congo-east and south-eastern Africa -- IX. Montane forest bioclimate of parts of west, equatorial, north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern Africa -- X. Montane, midland and coastal forests from Natal to the cape peninsula -- XI. Aspects of the climate of the forest panclimax advantageous and adverse to the development of agricultural and related resources -- XII. The development and the major soil groups of the equatorial-tropical divisions of the forest panclimax -- XIII. Forest soils and agricultural development: physical features -- XIV. Forest soils and agricultural development: fertility -- XV. A summary of challenge and promise of the main sub-regions of the forest panclimax in relation to agricultural and forestry development -- Book 3. The great wooded Savanna and related bioclimatic regions and their challenge to and promise for agricultural and related development. XVI. Wooded Savanna -- XVII. Bioclimatic region MSAWS: mild subarid wooded Savanna -- XVIII. Bioclimatic region SAWS: subarid wooded Savanna -- XIX. Bioclimatic region AWS: arid wooded Savanna -- XX. Bioclimatic region SD: subdesert -- XXI. Bioclimatic region D: desert -- XXII. Open grass Savanna and Macchia -- XXIII. Wooded Savanna and related soils: some important features -- XXIV. Some characteristics of wooded Savanna and related soils -- XXV. A summary of challenge and promise of the main wooded Savanna and several other regions in relation to agricultural and associated development -- Book 4. Problems of human and animal health and of economics and planning in agricultural and related development. XXVI. Africa's challenge to the health of man and livestock -- XXVII. Lack of water and of lines of communication -- XXVIII. Some of the problems of a low to marginal economy in agriculture and related production -- XXIX. Agricultural and related production: the paradox of plenty and poverty -- XXX. Points and problems in a vexed economy -- XXXI. Haste is waste -- XXXII. Three large-scaled development schemes and the lessons they impart -- XXXIII. Major agricultural and related development schemes in Africa: what decides success or failure? -- Book 5. General conclusions and suggestions. XXXIV. Wherein all have failed -- XXXV. The way ahead: some thoughts for those responsible for agricultural and related development in Africa -- XXXVI. General conclusions and broad recommendations regarding agricultural and related development Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 1368 630.96 PHIL A Livre Sciences Libre Accès Disponible
Titre : A choice of Shelley's verse : selected with an introduction by Stephen Spender Titre original : Poems Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Auteur ; Stephen Spender (1909-1995), Editeur scientifique Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber Année de publication : 1971 Importance : 92 p. Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-571-08789-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle ; Poésie anglaise -- 19e siècle ; Poètes anglais -- 19e siècle Index. décimale : P Poésie A choice of Shelley's verse = Poems : selected with an introduction by Stephen Spender [texte imprimé] / Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Auteur ; Stephen Spender (1909-1995), Editeur scientifique . - Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber, 1971 . - 92 p. ; 21 cm.
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Titre : Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and the tragedy of a great Victorian adventure Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Tim Jeal Editeur : New Haven - Connecticut - États-Unis : Yale University Press Année de publication : 2011 Autre Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber Importance : xvii, 510 p., [16] p. des planches Présentation : ill. (certaines en coul.), cartes Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-300-18739-7 Note générale : Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Afrique orientale anglophone -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Britanniques -- Histoire -- 19e siecle -- Afrique centrale ; Britanniques -- Histoire -- 19e siecle -- Afrique de l'Est ; Explorateurs -- Grande Bretagne ; Explorateurs -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Nil (fleuve) ; Nil [Fleuve] -- Découverte et exploration Index. décimale : 916.204 3092321 Résumé : From the best-selling author of "Stanley," a riveting account of the explorers who risked everything in their search for the source of the Nile Note de contenu : PART 1. Solving the Mystery: 1. Blood in God's River -- 2. A Great Misalliance -- 3. A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind -- 4. About a Rotten Person -- 5. Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize -- 6. Promises and Lies -- 7. A Blackguard Business -- 8. Our Adventurous Friend -- 9. As Refulgent as the Sun -- 10. An Arrow into the Heart -- 11. Nothing Could Surpass It! -- 12. The Nile is Settled -- 13. A Hero's Aberrations -- 14. Death in the Afternoon -- 15. The Doctor's Dilemma -- 16. The Glory of Our Prize -- 17. A Trumpet Blown Loudly -- 18. Almost in Sight of the End -- 19. Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone -- 20. The Doctor's Obedient and Devoted Servitor -- 21. Threshing Out the Beaten Straw -- 22. Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work -- 23. Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile? -- 24. The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me -- PART 2. The Consequences: 25. Shepherds of the World? -- 26. Creating Equatoria -- 27. An Unheard of Deed of Blood -- 28. Pretensions on the Congo -- 29. An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron -- 30. 'Saving' Emin Pasha and Uganda -- 31. The Prime Minister's Protectorate -- 32. To Die for the Mahdi's Cause -- 33. Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan -- 34. A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda -- CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter -- APPENDIX: Fifty Years of Books on the Search for the Nile's Source 00 Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Notes -- Index Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and the tragedy of a great Victorian adventure [texte imprimé] / Tim Jeal . - New Haven - Connecticut - États-Unis (New Haven - Connecticut - États-Unis) : Yale University Press : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber, 2011 . - xvii, 510 p., [16] p. des planches : ill. (certaines en coul.), cartes ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-300-18739-7
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Catégories : Afrique orientale anglophone -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Britanniques -- Histoire -- 19e siecle -- Afrique centrale ; Britanniques -- Histoire -- 19e siecle -- Afrique de l'Est ; Explorateurs -- Grande Bretagne ; Explorateurs -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Nil (fleuve) ; Nil [Fleuve] -- Découverte et exploration Index. décimale : 916.204 3092321 Résumé : From the best-selling author of "Stanley," a riveting account of the explorers who risked everything in their search for the source of the Nile Note de contenu : PART 1. Solving the Mystery: 1. Blood in God's River -- 2. A Great Misalliance -- 3. A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind -- 4. About a Rotten Person -- 5. Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize -- 6. Promises and Lies -- 7. A Blackguard Business -- 8. Our Adventurous Friend -- 9. As Refulgent as the Sun -- 10. An Arrow into the Heart -- 11. Nothing Could Surpass It! -- 12. The Nile is Settled -- 13. A Hero's Aberrations -- 14. Death in the Afternoon -- 15. The Doctor's Dilemma -- 16. The Glory of Our Prize -- 17. A Trumpet Blown Loudly -- 18. Almost in Sight of the End -- 19. Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone -- 20. The Doctor's Obedient and Devoted Servitor -- 21. Threshing Out the Beaten Straw -- 22. Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work -- 23. Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile? -- 24. The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me -- PART 2. The Consequences: 25. Shepherds of the World? -- 26. Creating Equatoria -- 27. An Unheard of Deed of Blood -- 28. Pretensions on the Congo -- 29. An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron -- 30. 'Saving' Emin Pasha and Uganda -- 31. The Prime Minister's Protectorate -- 32. To Die for the Mahdi's Cause -- 33. Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan -- 34. A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda -- CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter -- APPENDIX: Fifty Years of Books on the Search for the Nile's Source 00 Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Notes -- Index Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 32415 916.204 3092321 JEAL E Livre LSH Libre Accès Disponible Southern Rhodesia and the Central African Federation / Creighton, T. R. M. (Thomas Richmond Mandell)
Titre : Southern Rhodesia and the Central African Federation : Anatomy of partnership Titre original : Anatomy of partnership Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Creighton, T. R. M. (Thomas Richmond Mandell), Auteur Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber Année de publication : c1960 Importance : 257 p., [2] f. de pl. Présentation : ill. Format : 23 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-8371-8543-9 Note générale : Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Rhodésie et Nyasaland (Fédération) -- Politique et gouvernement ; Rhodésie et Nyasaland (Fédération) -- Relations raciales ; Zimbabwe -- Politique et gouvernement ; Zimbabwe -- Relations raciales Index. décimale : 320.9 689 03 Southern Rhodesia and the Central African Federation = Anatomy of partnership : Anatomy of partnership [texte imprimé] / Creighton, T. R. M. (Thomas Richmond Mandell), Auteur . - Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber, c1960 . - 257 p., [2] f. de pl. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Titre : The illustrated Old Possum Titre original : Old possums book of practical cats Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965), Auteur ; Nicolas Bentley, Illustrateur Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber Année de publication : 1974 Importance : 64 p. Présentation : ill. (surtout en coul.) Format : 22 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-571-10558-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle ; Poètes anglais -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : P Poésie The illustrated Old Possum = Old possums book of practical cats [texte imprimé] / T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965), Auteur ; Nicolas Bentley, Illustrateur . - Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Faber & Faber, 1974 . - 64 p. : ill. (surtout en coul.) ; 22 cm.
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