The Oxford handbook of modern African history /
The Oxford handbook of modern African history /
Modern African history
edited by John Parker and Richard Reid.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- xxii, 536 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Oxford handbooks. .
Introduction. African histories : past, present, and future / Richard Reid and John Parker --
Key themes in African history. Ecology and environment / James McCann ; Demography and disease / Shane Doyle ; African slave trades in global perspective / Pier M. Larson ; States and statelessness / Walter Hawthorne ; Ethnicity and identity / Richard Waller ; Warfare and the military / Richard Reid ; The African diaspora / John Parker --
The colonial encounter. African colonial states / Heather J. Sharkey ; Law, crime, and punishment in colonial Africa / Richard Roberts ; Work and migration / Emily Lynn Osborn ; Chieftaincy / Justin Willis ; Between the present and history : African nationalism and decolonization / Jean Allman --
Religion and belief. Islam / Marie Miran-Guyon and Jean-Louis Triaud ; Christianity / David Maxwell ; Indigenous African religions / Robert M. Baum ; New religious movements / Sean Hanretta --
Society and economy. Education and literacy / Carol Summers ; Women and gender / Barbara M. Cooper ; Urbanization and urban cultures / John Parker ; Health and healing / Nancy Rose Hunt ; Youth / Nicolas Argenti and Deborah Durham ; Economic growth / Morten Jerven --
Arts and the media. Visual cultures / Sidney Littlefield Kasfir ; Music in modern African history / Veit Erlmann ; African literary histories and history in African literatures / Stephanie Newell ; Communications and media in African history / James R. Brennan.
"This collection of essays ... will allow readers to explore various aspects ... of the continent's history over the last two hundred years"--
9780198779407 P 30.00
Africa--History--To 1884.
Africa--History--1884-1960.
Africa --History--1960-
960 Ox2
Introduction. African histories : past, present, and future / Richard Reid and John Parker --
Key themes in African history. Ecology and environment / James McCann ; Demography and disease / Shane Doyle ; African slave trades in global perspective / Pier M. Larson ; States and statelessness / Walter Hawthorne ; Ethnicity and identity / Richard Waller ; Warfare and the military / Richard Reid ; The African diaspora / John Parker --
The colonial encounter. African colonial states / Heather J. Sharkey ; Law, crime, and punishment in colonial Africa / Richard Roberts ; Work and migration / Emily Lynn Osborn ; Chieftaincy / Justin Willis ; Between the present and history : African nationalism and decolonization / Jean Allman --
Religion and belief. Islam / Marie Miran-Guyon and Jean-Louis Triaud ; Christianity / David Maxwell ; Indigenous African religions / Robert M. Baum ; New religious movements / Sean Hanretta --
Society and economy. Education and literacy / Carol Summers ; Women and gender / Barbara M. Cooper ; Urbanization and urban cultures / John Parker ; Health and healing / Nancy Rose Hunt ; Youth / Nicolas Argenti and Deborah Durham ; Economic growth / Morten Jerven --
Arts and the media. Visual cultures / Sidney Littlefield Kasfir ; Music in modern African history / Veit Erlmann ; African literary histories and history in African literatures / Stephanie Newell ; Communications and media in African history / James R. Brennan.
"This collection of essays ... will allow readers to explore various aspects ... of the continent's history over the last two hundred years"--
9780198779407 P 30.00
Africa--History--To 1884.
Africa--History--1884-1960.
Africa --History--1960-
960 Ox2