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The world and a very small place in Africa / Donald R. Wright.
LIBRA DT532.23 .W75 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Donald R.
- Series:
- Sources and studies in world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Niumi (Kingdom)--Relations.
- Niumi (Kingdom).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 278 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1997]
- Summary:
- This study looks at the effects of "global" phenomena -- trans-Saharan trade, European expansion, the rise of an Atlantic plantation complex, industrialization, imperialism, colonialism, world wars, growth of a world market, political independence and economic dependence -- on the way of life in Niumi, a small area at the mouth of the Gambia river in West Africa (now called The Gambia), over the last six-seven hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, and drawing on archival and oral traditions, the work considers global developments from a local/regional perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1563249596
- 156324960X
- OCLC:
- 35750430
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