| Edition |
2nd ed., New ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 365 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
African studies ; 108
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African studies series ; 108.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-343) and index. |
| Contents |
The frontiersmen of mankind -- The emergence of food-producing communities -- The impact of metals -- Christianity and Islam -- Colonising society in western Africa -- Colonising society in eastern and southern Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- Regional diversity in the nineteenth century -- Colonial invasion -- Colonial change, 1918-1950 -- Independent Africa, 1950-1980 -- Industrialisation and race in South Africa, 1886-1994 -- In the time of AIDS. |
| Subject |
Africa -- History.
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Africa. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
9780521682978 paperback |
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9780521864381 hardback |
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0521864380 hardback |
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0521682975 paperback |
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