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ISBN:
Category : Freetown (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Composite History of Freetown, Indiana, 1850-2000
Author: Abolition in Sierra Leone
Author: Richard Peter AndersonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108473547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A history of colonial Africa and of the African diaspora examining the experiences and identities of 'liberated' Africans in Sierra Leone.
The Transformation of the World
Author: Jürgen OsterhammelPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691169802
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
A panoramic global history of the nineteenth century A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition. He examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from New York to New Delhi, from the Latin American revolutions to the Taiping Rebellion, from the perils and promise of Europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet. Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways. He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more. This is the highly anticipated English edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed German book, which is also being translated into Chinese, Polish, Russian, and French. Indispensable for any historian, The Transformation of the World sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developments.
The Idea of Development in Africa
Author: Corrie DeckerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110710369X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
An engaging history of how the idea of development has shaped Africa's past and present encounters with the West.
A Narrative of the Negro
Author: Leila PendletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
An early history of African Americans by an African American woman.
Boundaries, Communities and State-Making in West Africa
Author: Paul NugentPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107020689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.
Historical Dictionary of the Gambia
Author: Harry A. GaileyPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Historical, statistical, biographical and bibliographical information about The Gambia, Africa and its leaders.
The African City
Author: Bill FreundPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139459554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
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 at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History
Author: John ParkerPublisher:
ISBN: 019957247X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
Provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa
The Speed of Change
Author: Jan-Bart GewaldPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047430794
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motor-cycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially the plaything and symbol of colonial domination, the motor-vehicle transformed the economic and social life of the continent. Indeed, the motor-vehicle is arguably the single most important factor for change in Africa in the twentieth century. A factor for change that thus far has been neglected in research and literature. Yet its impact extends across the totality of human existence; from ecological devastation to economic advancement, from cultural transformation to political change, through to a myriad of other themes. This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists and social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa.