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African voices of the global past : 1500 to the present / Trevor R. Getz, editor.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Getz, Trevor R., author, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
History, Modern.
Industrial revolution--Africa.
Industrial revolution.
Slave trade--History.
Slave trade.
World War, 1914-1918--Africa.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945--Africa.
World War, 1939-1945.
Feminism--Africa.
Feminism.
Africa--History.
Africa.
Africa--Colonization--History.
Africa--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An exploration of major historical developments of global significance-the Atlantic slave trade, industrialization, colonialism, the World Wars, decolonization, and feminism-from the perspectives of Africans who experienced them.
Contents:
Naming and framing a crime against humanity : African voices from the transatlantic slave system, c.1500-1900 / Kwasi Konadu
Prophetesses and "native capitalists" : African voices from the industrial revolution, c. 1760-1880 / Trevor R. Getz
When satiety and avarice marry, hunger is born : African voices from the colonial era, c. 1896-1945 / Tim Carmichael
Isaac Fadobeyo at the Battle of Nyron : African voices from the First and Second World Wars, c.1914-1945 / Saheed Aderinto
Pathways to decolonization : African voices from the fight for independence, c.1880-1994 / Peter Adebayo
Moroccan feminism as universal feminism : African voices from the feminist struggle
C.1930-2000 / Osire Glacier.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-429-98213-5
0-429-97105-2
0-429-50250-8
0-8133-4788-2
9780429502507
OCLC:
889943068

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