Oxford Studies in African Affairs – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Oxford Studies in African Affairs. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
11 produkter
Famine that Kills
Darfur, Sudan
Av Alex de Waal
Häftad, 2005
607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When news of the Darfur famine in the '80s broke in the West, relief experts predicted that, without massive food aid, millions of people would starve to death. Food aid on this scale did not arrive, but millions did not starve to death. Analyzing the famine from the perspective of the rural people …
The Scattering Time
Turkana Responses to Colonial Rule
Inbunden, 1992
2986 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the first full study of the Turkana people of north-western Kenya and their armed resistance of the Turkana people of north-western Kenya to British colonial administration in the early twentieth century. From their first encounters with the colonial vanguard in the 1890s to the final …
The Internationalization of Colonialism
Britain, France, and Black Africa 1939-1956
Av John Kent
Inbunden, 1992
2989 kr
Lägg i varukorg
John Kent has written the first full scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during the Second World War and its aftermath. His detailed analysis shows how the broader requirements of Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and …
Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda
Inbunden, 1993
2231 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is a history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-nineteenth century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. Justin Willis sets out to place the island and town of Mombasa in its African context, incorporating the findings of recent historical and …
Marriage, Perversion, and Power
The Construction of Moral Discourse in Southern Rhodesia 1894-1930
Av Diana Jeater
Inbunden, 1993
1242 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the first scholarly study of African marriage relationships in Southern Rhodesia during the early twentieth century. It is a highly original and cogently argued history of sexuality and gender relations in colonial Africa. Diana Jeater's analysis pays careful attention to methodological …
Revolution from Above, Rebellion from Below
The Agrarian Transvaal at the Turn of the Century
Inbunden, 1993
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is a study of rural society and struggle in the Transvaal during the watershed period of the early twentieth century. Though much has been written about the South African War and `Reconstruction' period, this is the first scholarly and comprehensive analysis of their impact on the agrarian …
The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1886-1890
Inbunden, 1972
827 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1886-1890
The Waters of the Nile
Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988
Inbunden, 1990
1895 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is a study of the evolution of proposals to develop the Nile Basin to ensure the best use of its precious waters. The hydropolitics of the Nile Valley is the most important issue today for the future of the inhabitants of Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia, and East Africa. The story of `Nile Control' …
Asante and the Dutch 1744-1873
Inbunden, 1990
2650 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is a study of the administration and government of the West African kingdom of Asante between 1744 and 1873. Larry W. Yarak analyses the nature and development of the pre-colonial state, and traces the history and character of the Asante-Dutch relationship from the early eighteenth century …
Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango
The Political History of an East African Stateless Society c.1800-1939
Av John Tosh
Inbunden, 1978
3272 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The political history of an East African stateless society c.1800-1939.
The Making of Apartheid, 1948-1961
Conflict and Compromise
Inbunden, 1991
1950 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Deborah Posel breaks new ground in exposing some of the crucial political processes and struggles which shaped the reciprocal development of Apartheid and capitalism in South Africa. Her analysis debunks the orthodoxy view which presents apartheid as the product of a single `grand plan', created by …
