Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Mary Baker

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century

A Turbulent History: A Turbulent History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the history of Africa in the nineteenth century from the perspective of Africans. This book shows how West's technological advantage prevailed and most of Africa fell under European control and lost its independence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780765616975
• ISBN-10: 0765616971
• Artikelnr.: 26110797

Autorenporträt

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (Author) , Mary Baker

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
Introduction
Note on the Transcription of Proper Nouns
1. People and Their Environment: Africa's Climate and Demography
2. Political and Warlike Islam: The Maghreb and West Africa Before the Colonial Conquest
3. Political and Merchant Islam: East Africa
4. Animism's Resistance. Openness and Introversion: Central-Western Africa
5. The Meeting of Cultures: Southern Africa
6. Colonial Intervention
7. The Century's Innovations
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chronology
Index
About the Author.