| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 536 pages : maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. African histories : past, present, and future / Richard Reid and John Parker -- Key themes in African history. Ecology and environment / James McCann ; Demography and disease / Shane Doyle ; African slave trades in global perspective / Pier M. Larson ; States and statelessness / Walter Hawthorne ; Ethnicity and identity / Richard Waller ; Warfare and the military / Richard Reid ; The African diaspora / John Parker -- The colonial encounter. African colonial states / Heather J. Sharkey ; Law, crime, and punishment in colonial Africa / Richard Roberts ; Work and migration / Emily Lynn Osborn ; Chieftaincy / Justin Willis ; Between the present and history : African nationalism and decolonization / Jean Allman -- Religion and belief. Islam / Marie Miran-Guyon and Jean-Louis Triaud ; Christianity / David Maxwell ; Indigenous African religions / Robert M. Baum ; New religious movements / Sean Hanretta -- Society and economy. Education and literacy / Carol Summers ; Women and gender / Barbara M. Cooper ; Urbanization and urban cultures / John Parker ; Health and healing / Nancy Rose Hunt ; Youth / Nicolas Argenti and Deborah Durham ; Economic growth / Morten Jerven -- Arts and the media. Visual cultures / Sidney Littlefield Kasfir ; Music in modern African history / Veit Erlmann ; African literary histories and history in African literatures / Stephanie Newell ; Communications and media in African history / James R. Brennan. |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays ... will allow readers to explore various aspects ... of the continent's history over the last two hundred years"-- Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Africa -- History -- To 1884.
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Africa -- History -- 1884-1960.
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Africa -- History -- 1960-
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Afrika.
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Afrika. (DE-588)4000695-5
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Afrika. (DE-601)10437036X
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| Chronological Term |
To 1960
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Parker, John, 1960- editor.
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Reid, Richard J. (Richard James), editor.
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| Added Title |
Modern African history |
| ISBN |
019957247X |
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9780199572472 |
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9780198779407 (paperback) |
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0198779402 (paperback) |
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9780199572472 |
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