African Studies

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300 Social sciences
320 Political science
  • 320.96 Political situation and conditions - Africa
  • 327.6 International relations - Africa
325  International migration and colonization
330 Economics
337 International economics
338.9 Economic development and growth
900 History and geography
960 History of Africa
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Legenda

  1. MT (MicroThesaurus): subset of a thesaurus, usually containing terms from a subject area narrower than the scope of the whole thesaurus;
  2. NT (Narrower Term): used to indicate the relationship of the generic concept to a more specific one, together with an indication of the number of hierarchical steps between the broader term and each narrower term;
  3. RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.
     
08 International relations

MT 0811 cooperation policy

12 Law

MT 1236 rights and freedoms

 
72 Geography

MT 7221 Africa

MT 7231 economic geography

MT 7236 political geography

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300 Social sciences
320 Political science
  • 320.96 Political situation and conditions - Africa
  • 327.6 International relations - Africa
330 Economics
  • 330.96 Economic geography and history - Africa
  • 338.96 Economic development and growth - Africa
900 History and geography


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