Newman, James L.
NEWMAN, James L.
NEWMAN, James L. American, b. 1939. Genres: Geography, Third World. Career: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, professor of geography. Consultant to National Geographic Society. Publications: (with G. Matzke) Population: Patterns, Dynamics and Prospects, 1984; The People of Africa: A Geographical Interpretation, 1995; Stanley and Africa: The Story of a Man and a Continent, forthcoming. EDITOR: (with C.G. Knight, and contrib.) Contemporary Africa: Geography and Change, 1976; (with D. Griffith) Eliminating Hunger in Africa: Technical and Human Perspectives, 1994. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: Department of Geography, 144 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A.
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