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Africa in world history : from prehistory to the present / Erik Gilbert, Jonathan T. Reynolds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, Erik.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- History.
- Civilization, Western--African influences.
- Civilization, Western.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 453 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Pearson, [2012]
- Contents:
- Physical context of African history: geography and environment
- Africa and human origins
- Finding food and talking about it: the first 100,000 years
- Settled life: food production, technology, and migrations
- North and Northeast Africa in early world history
- Africa and the early Christian world
- North and West Africa and the spread of Islam
- East Africa and the advent of Islam
- Slavery and the creation of the Atlantic world
- West and West-Central Africa: 1500-1880
- North Africa and the Soudan: 1500-1880
- East Africa, 1500-1850
- Southern Africa, 1800-1870
- Colonialism and African resistance
- Economic change in modern Africa: forced integration into the world system
- Political change in the time of colonialism
- African culture in the modern world
- Politics in the era of decolonization and independence
- Contemporary Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0205053998
- 9780205053995
- OCLC:
- 695032968
- Publisher Number:
- 99959004513
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