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