History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Name: History of Sub-Saharan Africa
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ISBN: 9780521687089

ISBN-10: 052168708X

ISBN-13: 9780521687089

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert O. Collins, James M. Burns

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In a trawl through the entire sweep of sub-Saharan history, the authors have written an accessible introduction for students and general readers. The opening chapter on geography and climate frames the discussion, demonstrating how the environment has shaped the societies and cultures of those living in the region. Thereafter they describe the rise of states and empires in the classical period, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, and the European conquest. The concluding section focuses on Africa in the twentieth century as it gains independence and searches for a new identity beyond colonialism. While the authors mull over the debates which have shaped the study of…

Book details

List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 417
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.826

Robert O. Collins, emeritus professor of history at University of California, Santa Barbara, has written numerous books on the history of Africa, the Sudan, and the Nile. He has also worked as a professional river guide and has traversed most of the Nile.



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Preface


Conversion table


Introduction



Foundations



The historical geography of Africa



Kingdoms on the Nile



The peoples of sub-Saharan Africa: society, culture, language



Crops, cows, and iron



Northeast Africa in the age of Aksum



Empires of the plains



East Africa and the Indian Ocean world



The Lake Plateau of East Africa



Societies and states of the West African forest



Kingdoms and trade in Central Africa



The peoples and states of southern Africa



Africa in world history



The arrival of Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa



Diseases and crops: old and new



Slavery in Africa



The Atlantic slave trade



The Asian slave trade



Imperial Africa



Prelude to the European conquest of Africa



The European conquest of Africa



Africans, Dutch, and the British in South Africa, 1486-1910



European colonial rule in Africa



The colonial legacy



Independent Africa



Nationalism and the independence of colonial Africa



The Union of South Africa and the apartheid state



A decade of hope



Cold war Africa



Africa at the beginning of the twenty-first century


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