Kevin Shillington

History of Africa (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hugely respected authority in the field. The market-leading range of illustrated material from prior editions is now further improved, featuring not only additional and redrawn maps and a refreshed selection of photographs, but the addition of full colour to make these even more instructive, evocative and attractive.

Already hugely popular on introductory African History courses, the book has been widely praised for its engaging and readable style, and is unrivalled in scope, both geographically and chronologically - while many competitors limit themselves to certain regions or eras, Shillington chronicles the entire continent, from prehistory right up to the present day. For this new edition, both content and layout have been thoroughly refreshed and restructured to make this wealth of material easily navigable, and even more appealing to students unfamiliar with the subject.

New to this Edition:
- Now in full colour with fresh new design
- Part structure and part intros added to help navigation
- New and improved online resources include a new testbank, interactive timelines, lecturer slides, debates In African history, essay questions and further readings
- Revised and updated in light of recent research

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137524812
• Artikelnr.: 62718274

Autorenporträt

Kevin Shillington trained history teachers at the University of Botswana in the 1980s. His years of teaching experience in Africa have included African History at school and university level. He holds an MA and PhD in African History from the University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction SECTION ONE: EARLY AND LATER PRE-HISTORY 1 Early prehistory of
Africa 2 Later prehistory: farming and pastoralism in tropical Africa and
Ancient Egypt SECTION TWO: EARLY IRON AGE 3 The impact of iron in north and
west Africa 4 The Early Iron Age in central, eastern and southern Africa
SECTION THREE: RELIGION AND EMPIRE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AFRICA 5 North
Africa to 1000 CE 6 Trans-Saharan trade and the kingdom of ancient Ghana 7
Islam and the Sudanic states of west Africa SECTION FOUR: RELIGION, TRADE
AND CHIEFTAINCY IN EASTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA 8 Eastern Africa to
the sixteenth century 9 Later Iron Age states and societies of central and
southern Africa to the sixteenth century 10 Trading towns of the east
African coast to the sixteenth century SECTION FIVE: WEST AFRICA IN THE ERA
OF THE SLAVE TRADE 11 The Atlantic slave trade, sixteenth to eighteenth
century 12 West African states and societies, to the eighteenth century
SECTION SIX: STATE RENEWAL AND FORMATION IN NORTH, EAST, CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN AFRICA 13 North and north-east Africa to the eighteenth century 14
Central and eastern Africa to the eighteenth century 15 Southern Africa to
the eighteenth century SECTION SEVEN: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BEFORE THE
EUROPEAN 'SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA' 16 West Africa in the nineteenth century 17
The ending of the Atlantic slave trade 18 Christian Missions, new States
and pre-colonial 'nationalism' 19 Central and east Africa in the nineteenth
century 20 Pre-industrial southern Africa in the nineteenth century 21
North and north-east Africa in the nineteenth century SECTION EIGHT: THE
CHALLENGE OF CULTURAL AND POLITICAL IMPERIALISM, LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY 22
Colonial conquest and African resistance in east, north-central and west
Africa 23 Industrialisation, colonial conquest and African resistance in
south-central and southern Africa SECTION NINE: THE IMPACT AND NATURE OF
COLONIAL RULE, 1890-1945 24 Consolidation of empire: the early period of
colonial rule 25 Africa between the wars: the high tide of colonial rule 26
The Second World War and Africa SECTION TEN: THE OVERTHROW OF COLONIALISM
27 The winning of independence (1) 28 The winning of independence (2) 29
The winning of independence (3) SECTION ELEVEN: AFRICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
30 African responses to the colonial legacy 31 The challenges and dilemmas
of development: debt and international aid 32 Contemporary Africa Further
Reading Index.