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Benti, Getahun.

Addis Ababa : migration and the making of a multiethnic metropoli s,1941-1974 / Getahun Benti. - Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, c2007. - xviii, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-269) and index.

Maps and photographs -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- The setting -- I ntroduction -- Urbanization and migration in Ethiopian studies: scopes, limitations and perspectives -- Addis Ababa: from foundation to 1974 - - The dynamics -- Rural and regional factors of migration -- Economic g rowth, employment opportunities, and social services -- The dynamics of education -- The migration of women: socioeconomic and cultural factor s -- Addis Ababa: population and the ethnolinguistic dynamics of migrat ion to the city -- The challenge -- The burdens of overgrowth: "overurb anization" and Addis Ababa's major challenges, 1941-1974 -- Conclusion: "transcending" politics and ethnicity - the sociology of living togeth er in Addis Ababa -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 1569022542 (pbk.) 9781569022542 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006-032652

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Rural-urban migration

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)-- Economic conditions.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)-- Social conditions.

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1416