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Polly Hill. Population, Prosperity, and Poverty: Rural Kano 1900 and 1970. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. xvii + 240 pp. Tables, figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $17.95

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Alan Frishman
Alan Frishman*
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Department of Economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Patterns of Rural Change
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ASA Review of Books , Volume 5 , 1979 , pp. 39 - 43
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1979

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