History of South and Central Africa

Name: History of South and Central Africa
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ISBN: 9780521205597

ISBN-10: 052120559X

ISBN-13: 9780521205597

Edition: 1975

Authors: Derek Wilson

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This is a history of Africa south of the Congo Forest from about A.D. 1000 to the era of the establishment of independent modern states. Most textbooks on African history are dominated by modern political boundaries that, of course, have no ethnic or geographical validity. This book is unique in that it treats the whole of Southern Africa as a unit because important historical events such as the Bantu, San and Khoikhoi migrations, long distance trade routes, the Mfecane dispersal and the journeys of white adventurers among others, make a nonsense of categories such as 'South' and 'Central' Africa. The book presents much of the work of contemporary researchers in a simpler form than in other…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/29/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.31" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Popular historian Derek Wilson came to prominence 40 years ago with A Tudor Tapestry. He is the highly acclaimed author of over 50 books and has written and presented numerous television and radio programmes. He lives and writes in Devon.