The Cambridge History of Africa

Klappentext This volume looks at developments in Africa during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Zusammenfassung In eight regional chapters the contributors to this volume! all established experts in their field! bring together for the first time developments the whole of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A concluding chapter surveys Africa in Europe and the Americas during this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Richard Gray; 1. Egypt, the Funj and Darfur P. M. Holt; 2. The central Sahara and Sudan H. J. Fisher; 3. North-West Africa: from the Maghrib to the fringes of the forest Nehemia Levtzion; 4. The Guinea Coast Walter Rodney; 5. Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi David Birmingham; 6. Southern Africa and Madagascar Shula Marks and Richard Gray; 7. Eastern Africa Edward Alpers and Christopher Ehret; 8. Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa M. Abir; 9. Africa in Europe and the Americas Walter Rodney; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

Zusammenfassung
In eight regional chapters the contributors to this volume, all established experts in their field, bring together for the first time developments the whole of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A concluding chapter surveys Africa in Europe and the Americas during this period.

Inhalt

List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Richard Gray; 1. Egypt, the Funj and Darfur P. M. Holt; 2. The central Sahara and Sudan H. J. Fisher; 3. North-West Africa: from the Maghrib to the fringes of the forest Nehemia Levtzion; 4. The Guinea Coast Walter Rodney; 5. Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi David Birmingham; 6. Southern Africa and Madagascar Shula Marks and Richard Gray; 7. Eastern Africa Edward Alpers and Christopher Ehret; 8. Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa M. Abir; 9. Africa in Europe and the Americas Walter Rodney; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.