| Description |
xii, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The historical geography of Africa -- Kingdoms on the Nile -- The peoples of sub-Saharan Africa : society, culture and language -- Crops, cows and iron -- North-East 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 -- The arrival of the Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa -- Diseases and crops : old and new -- Slavery in Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- The Asian slave trade -- Prelude to the European conquest of Africa -- The European conquest of Africa -- Africans, Dutch and the British in South Africa, 1480-1910 -- European colonial rule in Africa -- The colonial legacy -- 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. |
| Subject |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History.
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| Added Author |
Burns, James McDonald.
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| ISBN |
0521867460 hardback |
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9780521867467 hardback |
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052168708X paperback |
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9780521687089 paperback |
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