Africa's Past, Our Future

AvKathleen R. Smythe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Indiana University Press (IPS)

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Beskrivning

Africa's Past, Our Future engages the history of the African continent through the perspective of global issues such as political instability, economic development, and climate change. Since the past may offer alternative models for thinking about our collective future, this book promotes an appreciation for African social, economic, and political systems that have endured over the long-term and that offer different ways of thinking about a sustainable future. Introducing readers to the wide variety of sources from which African history is constructed, the book's ten chapters cover human evolution, the domestication of plants and animals, climate change, social organization, the slave trade and colonization, development, and contemporary economics and politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:244
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253016478

Utforska kategorier

Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Kathleen R. Smythe teaches African history, global economic development, and sustainability at Xavier University. She is author of Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkasi, Ufipa, 1880–1960.

Recensioner i media

"This book is an innovative, important, and courageous addition to African and world history scholarship. . . . Africa's Past is a much-needed text for teaching African history. Smythe not only provides an excellent survey of the latest research on Africa's past, she also presents a concise and clear argument as to why this history is relevant today."—African Studies Review"Recommended."—Choice"An impressive synthesis of current literature in African history, making it understandable and relevant to undergraduates."—Jan Bender Shetler, author of Imagining Serengeti: A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the"Grapples with the narratives and facts and where they fit in global perspective, but why this is all salient and critically meaningful to our lives today in terms of lessons we can learn and ideas we can borrow. This is a unique approach not yet available on the market."—Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Susquehanna University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Why We Need African HistoryPart 1. The Long Durée1. Human Evolution and Becoming Human2. Agriculture in History3. Africans' Adaptions to Climate Change: Past and PresentPart 2. Cultural Differentiation4. Heterarchy and Hierarchy5. Cultural Diffusion6. MatrilinyPart 3. Globalization7. Colonialism and Development (with Heidi Frontani)8. Africa's Development Assistance (with Heidi Frontani)9. African Economics10. Failed States? The Successful Somalia