A history of sub-Saharan Africa /
Collins, Robert O., 1933-2008,
A history of sub-Saharan Africa / Robert O. Collins, late of the University of California, Santa Barbara, James M. Burns, Clemson University. - Second edition. - ix, 405 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The historical geography of Africa -- Kingdoms of the Nile -- The peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Cows, crops, and iron -- Northeast Africa in the age of Aksum -- Empires of the plains -- East Africa and the Indian Ocean world -- The Lake Plateau of East Africa -- Societies and states of the West African forest -- Kingdoms and trade in central africa -- The peoples and states of southern Africa -- The arrival of Europeans in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Diseases and crops: old and new -- Slavery in Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- The Asian slave trade -- Upsetting the equilibrium -- The European conquest of Africa -- Southern Africa, 1486-1910 -- European colonial rule in Africa -- The colonial legacy -- Nationalism and independence of colonial Africa -- The Union of South Africa and the apartheid state -- A decade of hope -- Cold war Africa -- Africa at the beginning of the 21st century.
9781107037809 (hbk.)
Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
--Text book
967 / COL
A history of sub-Saharan Africa / Robert O. Collins, late of the University of California, Santa Barbara, James M. Burns, Clemson University. - Second edition. - ix, 405 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The historical geography of Africa -- Kingdoms of the Nile -- The peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Cows, crops, and iron -- Northeast Africa in the age of Aksum -- Empires of the plains -- East Africa and the Indian Ocean world -- The Lake Plateau of East Africa -- Societies and states of the West African forest -- Kingdoms and trade in central africa -- The peoples and states of southern Africa -- The arrival of Europeans in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Diseases and crops: old and new -- Slavery in Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- The Asian slave trade -- Upsetting the equilibrium -- The European conquest of Africa -- Southern Africa, 1486-1910 -- European colonial rule in Africa -- The colonial legacy -- Nationalism and independence of colonial Africa -- The Union of South Africa and the apartheid state -- A decade of hope -- Cold war Africa -- Africa at the beginning of the 21st century.
9781107037809 (hbk.)
Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
--Text book
967 / COL