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Originally published in 1978, this is an interdisciplinary study of rapid urban growth in West Africa. Gugler and Flanagan explore first the history of the cities of the early West Africa empires then examine the implications of widespread urban unemployment and underemployment, the housing crisis and the emergence of metropolitan areas such as Lagos after World War II.Gugler, Josef is the author of 'Urbanization and Social Change in West Africa', published 1978 under ISBN 9780521291187 and ISBN 0521291186.
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