| Description |
1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 160
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Very short introductions ; 160.
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| Summary |
"Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent."--Ebook Library. |
| Contents |
The idea of Africa -- Africans: diversity and unity -- Africa's past: historical sources -- Africa in the world -- Colonialism in Africa -- Imagining the future, rebuilding the past -- Memory and forgetting, past and present. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- History.
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Africa. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Rathbone, Richard.
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| Other Form: |
Print version. Parker, John, 1960- African history. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780192802484 (DLC) 2007297380 (OCoLC)76360632 |
| ISBN |
9780191516597 (Ebook Library electronic book) |
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0191516597 (Ebook Library electronic book) |
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9780191516597 (electronic book) |
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1281146773 |
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9781281146779 |
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0192802488 (paperback) |
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9780192802484 (paperback) |
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