Small African Towns - Between Rural Networks & Urban Hierarchies Book

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	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	The changing perception of small towns in development theory	11
3	The empirical trend of small-town growth in eastern and southern Africa	19
4	A small-enterprise theory of small-town development	30
5	The development of small towns in Zimbabwe's communal areas: background	59
6	Two districts and their service centres: retail and wholesale trade in Gutu and Gokwe	79
7	Agricultural processing and marketing in district service centres	108
8	The clothing sector in the district service centres	127
9	The construction sector and building-material production and trade in the district service centres	141
10	The dynamics of district service centre growth: external forces	161
11	The dynamics of district service centres: internal forces	169
12	Instability, flexibility and the structure of competition and collaboration among enterprises in small African towns: strategies for small-town development	189
	References	205