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History of Africa by Kevin Shillington (2005, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN-100333599578

ISBN-139780333599570

eBay Product ID (ePID)48263278

Product Key Features

Number of Pages450 Pages

Publication NameHistory of Africa

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAfrica / General

Publication Year2005

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorKevin Shillington

Subject AreaHistory

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight31.3 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number3

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-284260

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"A work with many virtues...stylistic lucidity, profusion of clear maps and excellent illustrations."-- International Journal of African Historical Studies, "A work with many virtues...stylistic lucidity, profusion of clear maps and excellent illustrations."--International Journal of African Historical Studies

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal960

Table Of ContentEarly Prehistory of Africa * Later Prehistory * The Impact of Iron in Northeast and West Africa * The Early Iron Age and Bantu Migrations * North and Northeastern Africa to 1000 AD * Trans-Saharan Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana * Islam and the Sudanic States of West Africa * Eastern Africa to the 16th Century * Trading States of the East African Coast to the 16th Century * Later Iron Age States and Societies of Central and Southern Africa to 1600 AD * North and Northeastern Africa to the 18th Century * The Atlantic Slave Trade, 16th-18th Century * West African States and Societies to the 18th Century * Central and Eastern Africa to the 18th Century * Southern Africa to the 18th Century * West Africa in the 19th Century and the Ending of the Slave Trade * Central and East Africa in the 19th Century * Pre-Industrial Southern Africa in the 19th Century * North and Northeast Africa in the 19th Century * Prelude to Empire in Tropical Africa * The European "Scramble," Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in East, North-Central and West Africa * Industrialization, Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in South-Central and Southern Africa * Consolidation of Empire * Africa between the Wars * The Second World War and Africa * The Winning of Independence (1) * The Winning of Independence (2) * Africa since Independence (1) * Africa since Independence (2)

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisA new fully revised edition of this classic text which covers African history from early prehistory to the present day. With new sections on the 1994 South African elections and democratisation of African states.

LC Classification NumberDT20 .S47 2005