Africans : the history of a continent / John Iliffe.
Africans : the history of a continent / John Iliffe.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N960/80
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 365 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The frontiersmen of mankind -- 2. The emergence of food-producing communities -- 3. The impact of metals -- 4. Christianity and Islam -- 5. Colonising society in western Africa -- 6. Colonising society in eastern and southern Africa -- 7. The Atlantic slave trade -- 8. Regional diversity in the n...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Edition
2nd ed., New ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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"In a vast and all-embracing study of Africa, from the origins of mankind to the AIDS epidemic, John Iliffe refocuses its history on the peopling of an environmentally hostile continent. Africans have been pioneers struggling against disease and nature, and their social, economic, and political institutions have been designed to ensure their surviv...
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Africans : the history of a continent / John Iliffe.
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African studies ; 108.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-343) and index.
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N960/80
Record Identifier
74VKz66plA5A
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ISBN
0521682975 (pbk.)
9780521864381 (hardback)
0521864380 (hardback)
9780521682978 (pbk.)
DDC
960
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991023381949702626
