Themes in West Africa's history

There has long been a need for a new textbook on West Africa's history. In Themes in West Africa's History, editor Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and his contributors meet this need, examining key themes in West Africa's prehistory to the present through the lenses of their different disci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Oxford, England : Accra : Ohio University ; James Currey ; Woeli Pub. Services 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Western African studies.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Holocene prehistory of West Africa, 10,000-1000 BP / Susan Keech McIntosh
  • Ecology & culture in West Africa / James L.A. Webb Jr
  • Linguistics & history in West Africa / M.E. Kropp Dakubu
  • Oral tradition & perceptions of history from the Manding peoples of West Africa / David C. Conrad
  • Slavery & slave trade in West Africa, 1450-1930 / Patrick Manning
  • Class, caste & social inequality in West African history / Ismail Rashid
  • Religious interactions in pre-twentieth century West Africa / Pashington Obeng
  • Poverty in pre-colonial & colonial West Africa : perception, causes & alleviation / Ogbu U. Kalu
  • Disease in West African history / Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
  • Urbanization in colonial & post-colonial West Africa / Andreas Eckert
  • Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & structural adjustment : an episode in West African economic history / Celestin Monga
  • Ethnicity, conflict & the state in contemporary West Africa / Cyril K. Daddieh
  • Pentecostalism, Islam & culture : new religious movements in West Africa / Brian Larkin & Birgit Meyer.