BeninBenin, known prior to 1975 as Dahomey, is one of the smaller coastal states in West Africa, bordering on Nigeria to the east, the Niger River to the north, and Togo to the west. Most of southern Benin once formed part of the pre-colonial Dahomey kingdom, whose economy was largely geared to warfare and the capture of slaves who were sold to European traders. Dahomey was one of the best-documented West African kingdoms prior to the French conquest in the 1880s; independence was achieved in 1960. This volume provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of the literature on Benin in both English and French. |
Contents
Contents | xv |
INTRODUCTION | xxi |
THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLES | 1 |
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 11 |
FLORA AND FAUNA | 17 |
TRAVEL GUIDES 24 222 | 24 |
ETHNOLOGY | 31 |
Nyende | 44 |
Angola Richard Black | 151 |
Central African Republic Pierre Kalck | 152 |
Seychelles George Bennett with the collaboration of Pramila Ramgulam Bennett | 153 |
Rwanda Randall Fegley | 154 |
Berlin Ian Wallace | 155 |
Mongolia Judith Nordby | 156 |
Liberia D Elwood Dunn | 157 |
Maldives Christopher H B Reynolds | 158 |
PREHISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY | 51 |
THE ECONOMY | 84 |
AID DEBT AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT | 90 |
AGRICULTURE | 92 |
FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION | 100 |
BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE | 109 |
Colombia Robert H Davis | 112 |
Taiwan Weichin | 113 |
Switzerland Heinz K Meier and Regula A Meier | 114 |
Hong Kong Ian Scott | 115 |
Bhutan Ramesh C Dogra | 116 |
Suriname Rosemarijn Hoefte | 117 |
Djibouti Peter J Schraeder | 118 |
Grenada Kai Schoenhals | 119 |
Monaco Grace L Hudson | 120 |
GuineaBissau Rosemary Galli | 121 |
Cape Verde Caroline S Shaw | 123 |
Ghana Robert A Myers | 124 |
Greenland Kenneth E Miller | 125 |
Costa Rica Charles L Stansifer | 126 |
Siberia David N Collins | 127 |
Tibet John Pinfold | 128 |
Northern Ireland Michael Owen Shannon | 129 |
Argentina Alan Biggins | 130 |
Côte dIvoire Morna Daniels | 131 |
Burma Patricia M Herbert | 132 |
Laos Helen Cordell | 133 |
Montserrat Riva BerleantSchiller | 134 |
Afghanistan Schuyler Jones | 135 |
Equatorial Guinea Randall Fegley | 136 |
Turks and Caicos Islands Paul G Boultbee | 137 |
Virgin Islands Verna Penn Moll | 138 |
Honduras Pamela F Howard Reguindin | 139 |
Mauritius Pramila Ramgulam Bennett | 140 |
Mauritania Simonetta Calderini Delia Cortese James L A Webb | 141 |
Timor Ian Rowland | 142 |
St Vincent and the Grenadines Robert B Potter | 143 |
Texas James Marten | 144 |
Burundi Morna Daniels | 145 |
Hawaii Nancy J Morris and Love Dean | 146 |
Vietnam David Marr and Kristine AlilunasRodgers | 147 |
Sierra Leone Margaret Binns and Tony Binns | 148 |
Gabon David Gardinier | 149 |
Botswana John A Wiseman | 150 |
Liechtenstein Regula A Meier | 159 |
England Alan | 160 |
The Baltic States Inese A Smith and Marita V Grunts | 161 |
Congo Randall Fegley | 162 |
Armenia Vrej Nersessian | 163 |
Niger Lynda F Zamponi | 164 |
Madagascar Hilary Bradt | 165 |
Senegal Roy Dilley and Jerry Eades | 166 |
Andorra Barry Taylor | 167 |
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Kai Schoenhals | 168 |
Burkina Faso Samuel Decalo | 169 |
Indonesia Sylvia C Engelen Krausse and Gerald H Krausse | 170 |
The Antarctic Janice Meadows William Mills and H G R King | 171 |
São Tomé and Príncipe Caroline S Shaw | 172 |
Fiji G E Gorman and J J Mills | 173 |
St KittsNevis Verna Penn Moll | 174 |
Martinique Janet Crane | 175 |
Zaire Dawn Bastian Williams Robert W Lesh and Andrea L | 176 |
Chad George Joffé and Valérie DayViaud | 177 |
Togo Samuel Decalo | 178 |
Ethiopia Stuart MunroHay and Richard Pankhurst | 179 |
Punjab Darshan Singh Tatla and Ian Talbot | 180 |
Eritrea Randall Fegley | 181 |
Antigua and Barbuda Riva BerleantSchiller and Susan Lowes with Milton Benjamin | 182 |
Alaska Marvin W Falk | 183 |
The Falkland Islands Alan | 184 |
St Lucia Janet Henshall Momsen | 185 |
Slovenia Cathie Carmichael | 186 |
Cayman Islands Paul G Boultbee | 187 |
San Marino Adrian Edwards and Chris Michaelides | 188 |
London Heather Creaton | 189 |
Western Sahara Anthony G Pazzanita | 190 |
Guinea Margaret Binns | 191 |
Benin J S Eades and Chris Allen | 192 |
ARTS AND CRAFTS | 194 |
PERFORMING ARTS | 200 |
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS | 210 |
DIRECTORIES ENCYCLOPAEDIAS AND YEARBOOKS | 219 |
INDEX OF AUTHORS | 227 |
INDEX OF TITLES | 233 |
INDEX OF SUBJECTS | 251 |
MAP OF BENIN 263 | |
Copyright | |