Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History: A Turbulent History

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9780765616968 | 0765616963
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/15/2009

Rent

(Recommended)

$116.44

Term

Due

Price

Semester

Dec 13

$122.57

Quarter

Aug 16

$116.44

Short Term

Jul 15

$110.31

*This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.
Buy New

Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days

$167.46
eBook

Available Instantly

Online: 180 Days

Downloadable: 180 Days

$34.01

Most histories seek to understand modern Africa as a troubled outcome of nineteenth century European colonialism, but that is only a small part of the story. In this celebrated book, beautifully translated from the French edition, the history of Africa in the nineteenth century unfolds from the perspective of Africans themselves rather than the European powers.

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
Introduction
Note on the Transcription of Proper Nouns
People and Their Environment: Africa's Climate and Demography
The Perils of Rainfall Variations
Population Growth and Decline
The Ecology of Health
Greater Demographic Disparities
Greater Mobility
The Inflow of Foreigners
A Harsh Environment
Political and Warlike Islma: The Maghreb and west Africa Before the Colonial Conquest
The Maghreb Before Conquest
The Western Sudan at the Turn of the Nineteeth Century
A Major Focus: Trans-Saharan Trade
Adrifr Under Western Pressure: Samori
Political and Merchant Islam: East Africa
Modernity as an Option: Egypt
At the Crossroads of Worlds: Ethopia
Old-Style Colonization: Zanzibar
In the Margins Between Worlds: Rabith
Animism' Resistance--Openness and Introversion: Central-Western America
The Reformism of the Coastal Empires
The Peoples of the Interior
The Meeting of Cultures: Southern Africa
Upheaval at the Beginning of the Nineteeth Century
Shaka and the zulu Revolution: Revision of an Analysis
Lesotho: Colonized Bastion
The English, the Africans, and the Boers: The Genesis of Segregation
Colonial Intervention
The Beginnings of Colonia Imperialism in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Genesis of Colonial Government
The End of Colonial Conquests
Resitance
Algeria, from Revolt to Colonization
The Century's Innovations
Slavary: A Mode of Production That Had ecome Dominant
Christianity: The Missionary Factor in Changing Mentalities
Economic and Socal Changes: Systems of Production and Lifestyles
New Social Players: Gender Relations, Urbanization
Culture and the Arts
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chronology
Index
About the Author
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History: A Turbulent History

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials