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A history of sub-Saharan Africa / Robert O. Collins, late of the University of California, Santa Barbara ; James M. Burns, Clemson University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, Robert O., 1933-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 405 pages : ilustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- The historical geography of Africa
- Kingdoms on the Nile
- The peoples of sub-Saharan Africa : society, culture, and language
- Cows, crops, and iron
- Northeast 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 Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa
- Diseases and crops : old and new
- Slavery in Africa
- The Atlantic slave trade
- The Asian slave trade
- Upsetting the equilibrium
- The European conquest of Africa
- Southern Africa, 1486-1910
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107037809
- 1107037808
- 9781107628519
- 1107628512
- OCLC:
- 841558920
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