New Approaches to African History – serie
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Africa since 1940
The Past of the Present
Häftad, 2019
399 kr
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Africa since 1940 is the flagship textbook in Cambridge University Press' New Approaches to African History series. Now revised to include the history and scholarship of Africa since the turn of the millennium, this important book continues to help students understand the process out of which …
Slavery and Slaving in African History
Häftad, 2014
358 kr
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This book is a comprehensive history of slavery in Africa from the earliest times to the end of the twentieth century, when slavery in most parts of the continent ceased to exist. It connects the emergence and consolidation of slavery to specific historical forces both internal and external to the …
The African City
A History
Av Bill Freund
Häftad, 2007
435 kr
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This book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks …
Africa and the Indian Ocean World from Early Times to Circa 1900
Häftad, 2019
569 kr
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The history of Africa's historical relationship with the rest of the Indian Ocean world is one of a vibrant exchange that included commodities, people, flora and fauna, ideas, technologies and disease. This connection with the rest of the Indian Ocean world, a macro-region running from Eastern …
Warfare in African History
Häftad, 2012
435 kr
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This book examines the role of war in shaping the African state, society, and economy. Richard J. Reid helps students understand different patterns of military organization through Africa's history; the evolution of weaponry, tactics, and strategy; and the increasing prevalence of warfare and …
Democracy in Africa
Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform
Häftad, 2015
393 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy …
Democracy in Africa
Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform
Inbunden, 2015
1391 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy …
Warfare in African History
Inbunden, 2012
845 kr
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This book examines the role of war in shaping the African state, society, and economy. Richard J. Reid helps students understand different patterns of military organization through Africa's history; the evolution of weaponry, tactics, and strategy; and the increasing prevalence of warfare and …
Women in Twentieth-Century Africa
Av Iris Berger
Inbunden, 2016
1491 kr
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During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought …
Muslim Societies in African History
Av David Robinson, Martin Klein
Häftad, 2004
401 kr
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Examining a series of processes (Islamization, Arabization, Africanization) and case studies from North, West and East Africa, this book gives snapshots of Muslim societies in Africa over the last millennium. In contrast to traditions which suggest that Islam did not take root in Africa, author …
Warfare in Independent Africa
Av William Reno
Häftad, 2011
418 kr
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This book surveys the history of armed conflict in Africa in the period since decolonization and independence. The number of post-independence conflicts in Africa has been considerable, and this book introduces to readers a comprehensive analysis of their causes and character. Tracing the evolution …
Foreign Intervention in Africa
From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Häftad, 2013
468 kr
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Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most …
Women in Twentieth-Century Africa
Av Iris Berger
Häftad, 2016
435 kr
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During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought …
Africa and the Indian Ocean World from Early Times to Circa 1900
Inbunden, 2019
1475 kr
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The history of Africa's historical relationship with the rest of the Indian Ocean world is one of a vibrant exchange that included commodities, people, flora and fauna, ideas, technologies and disease. This connection with the rest of the Indian Ocean world, a macro-region running from Eastern …
The African City
A History
Av Bill Freund
Inbunden, 2007
869 kr
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This book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks …
Muslim Societies in African History
Inbunden, 2004
1391 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Examining a series of processes (Islamization, Arabization, Africanization) and case studies from North, West and East Africa, this book gives snapshots of Muslim societies in Africa over the last millennium. In contrast to traditions which suggest that Islam did not take root in Africa, author …
Warfare in Independent Africa
Av William Reno
Inbunden, 2011
1274 kr
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This book surveys the history of armed conflict in Africa in the period since decolonization and independence. The number of post-independence conflicts in Africa has been considerable, and this book introduces to readers a comprehensive analysis of their causes and character. Tracing the evolution …
Foreign Intervention in Africa
From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Inbunden, 2013
1324 kr
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Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most …
Slavery and Slaving in African History
Inbunden, 2014
1391 kr
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This book is a comprehensive history of slavery in Africa from the earliest times to the end of the twentieth century, when slavery in most parts of the continent ceased to exist. It connects the emergence and consolidation of slavery to specific historical forces both internal and external to the …
Human Rights in Africa
Inbunden, 2018
1608 kr
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Human rights have a deep and tumultuous history that culminates in the age of rights we live in today, but where does Africa's story fit in with this global history? Here, Bonny Ibhawoh maps this story and offers a comprehensive and interpretative history of human rights in Africa. Rather than a …
A History of African Popular Culture
Av Karin Barber
Inbunden, 2018
1312 kr
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Popular culture in Africa is the product of everyday life: the unofficial, the non-canonical. And it is the dynamism of this culture that makes Africa what it is. In this book, Karin Barber offers a journey through the history of music, theatre, fiction, song, dance, poetry, and film from the …
The Idea of Development in Africa
A History
Av Corrie Decker, Elisabeth McMahon
Inbunden, 2020
1391 kr
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The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and 'problems' of development used in Africa. In doing so, it offers an innovative approach to examining the history and culture of …
A History of West Central Africa to 1850
Inbunden, 2020
1643 kr
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Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 gives comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region. With equal focus given to both internal histories or inter-state interactions and …
Slavery and Abolition in African History since 1800
Inbunden, 2027
1623 kr
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We know a great deal about the history of slavery and its abolition in Europe and the Americas. But what does this history look like in Africa? What forms of slavery existed on the continent in the nineteenth century? How did African anti-slavery strategies contribute to the abolition of slavery in …
The Idea of Development in Africa
A History
Av Corrie Decker, Elisabeth McMahon
Häftad, 2020
468 kr
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The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and 'problems' of development used in Africa. In doing so, it offers an innovative approach to examining the history and culture of …
A History of West Central Africa to 1850
Häftad, 2020
491 kr
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Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 gives comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region. With equal focus given to both internal histories or inter-state interactions and …
Slavery and Abolition in African History since 1800
Häftad, 2027
553 kr
Kommande
We know a great deal about the history of slavery and its abolition in Europe and the Americas. But what does this history look like in Africa? What forms of slavery existed on the continent in the nineteenth century? How did African anti-slavery strategies contribute to the abolition of slavery in …
Human Rights in Africa
Häftad, 2018
475 kr
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Human rights have a deep and tumultuous history that culminates in the age of rights we live in today, but where does Africa's story fit in with this global history? Here, Bonny Ibhawoh maps this story and offers a comprehensive and interpretative history of human rights in Africa. Rather than a …
A History of African Popular Culture
Av Karin Barber
Häftad, 2018
435 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Popular culture in Africa is the product of everyday life: the unofficial, the non-canonical. And it is the dynamism of this culture that makes Africa what it is. In this book, Karin Barber offers a journey through the history of music, theatre, fiction, song, dance, poetry, and film from the …
Africa since 1940
The Past of the Present
Inbunden, 2019
1324 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Africa since 1940 is the flagship textbook in Cambridge University Press' New Approaches to African History series. Now revised to include the history and scholarship of Africa since the turn of the millennium, this important book continues to help students understand the process out of which …
