| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
x, 595 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-572) and index. |
| Contents |
The origins of African society -- Africa and the ancient civilizations of the Near East and the Mediterranean -- The development of states and trade in the Sudan -- The development of states and trade in Guinea -- States and trade in North-East and Bantu Africa -- The rise of Islam and the Arab empire in North Africa -- The Muslim states and empires of North Africa -- The advance of Islam in West Africa -- The beginnings of European enterprise in Africa -- The first stage of the impact of world trade on tropical Africa: the export slave trade -- West Africa during the slave trade era -- Bantu Africa, c. 1600 to c. 1870 -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 1: general considerations; West Africa -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 2: South, East and North Africa -- The colonial period, 1: policies in general and colonies of exploitation in particular -- The colonial period, 2: colonies of settlement -- Independence resumed -- Independent Africa. |
| Subject |
Africa -- History.
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0415127211 |
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9780415127219 |
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0394322770 (pbk.) |
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9780394322773 |
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