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A history of the African people / Robert W. July.
LIBRA DT20 .J8 1974
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- July, Robert William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- Africa--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 731 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1974]
- Contents:
- The beginnings of African history
- Africa in the ancient world
- The states of the western and central Sudan
- The cosmopolitan world of east Africa
- The west African forest civilization
- The great migrations
- The coming of Europe
- The genesis of modern Africa
- Religion and empire in the western and central Sudan
- The eastern Sudan
- Egyptian expansionism and the Mahdist Revolution
- Population explosions in southern Africa
- The humanitarian revolution
- Europe's second coming to west Africa
- Commerce and statecraft in eastern and central Africa
- The partition of Africa
- The rise of nationalism in west Africa
- The foundation of progress and poverty in southern Africa
- Colonialism and nation making in east Africa
- Between two World Wars
- nationalist frustrations in west Africa
- In the heart of darkness
- The two societies of southern Africa
- Toward independence
- Modern Africa
- the quest for power and prosperity
- Bibliographical note
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1971
- Other Format:
- Online version: July, Robert William. History of the African people.
- ISBN:
- 068413747X
- 9780684137476
- 0684137208
- 9780684137209
- OCLC:
- 714105
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