History of Africa

3rd Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30847-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1029 g

History of Africa offers a richly illustrated introduction to the history of the entire continent, from earliest times right up to the present day. The third edition has been revised and updated in the light of recent research and provides expanded coverage of modern Africa. This successful student text is now supported by a companion website.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shillington, Kevin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.- List of Maps.- List of Illustrations.- Preface.- Introduction.- Early Prehistory of Africa.- Later Prehistory: Farming and Pastoralism in Tropical Africa and Ancient Egypt.- The Impact of Iron in North and West Africa.- The Early Iron Age in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.- North and North-Eastern Africa to 1000 CE.- Trans-Saharan Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana.- Islam and the Sudanic States of West Africa.- Eastern Africa to the Sixteenth Century.- Trading Towns of the East African Coast to the Sixteenth Century.- Later Iron Age States and Societies of Central and Southern Africa to 1600.- North and North-East Africa to the Eighteenth Century.- The Atlantic Slave Trade, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries.- West African States and Societies, to the Eighteenth Century.- Central and Eastern Africa to the Eighteenth Century.- Southern Africa to the Eighteenth Century.- West Africa in the Nineteenth Century and the Ending of the Slave Trade.- Central and East Africa in the Nineteenth Century.- Pre-Industrial Southern Africa in the Nineteenth Century.- North and North-East Africa in the Nineteenth Century.- Prelude to Empire in Tropical Africa.- The European 'Scramble', Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in East, North-Central and West Africa.- Industrialisation, Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in South-Central and Southern Africa.- Consolidation of Empire: the Early Period of Colonial Rule.- Africa Between the Wars: the High Tide of Colonial Rule.- The Second World War and Africa.- The Winning of Independence (1).- The Winning of Independence (2).- The Winning of Independence (3).- Africa since Independence (1).- Africa since Independence (2).- Contemporary Africa (1).- Contemporary Africa (2).- Suggestions for Further Reading.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

KEVIN SHILLINGTON is an independent scholar. He trained history teachers at the University of Botswana in the 1980s and his years of teaching experience in Africa have included African History at secondary school and university level. He holds an MA and PhD in African History from the University of London and is the author of many books on African history. He is also editor of the Encyclopaedia of African History (2004).