Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800

Informationen zum Autor John K. Thornton is Professor of History at Millersville University! Pennsylvania. He is the author of Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World! 1400-1800 (Cambridge! 1998). Klappentext Warfare in Atlantic Africa! 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of: : the relationship between war and the slave trade the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics the impact of social organization and military technology! including the gunpowder revolution * case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone! the Gold Coast! Benin and West Central Africa Zusammenfassung Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Maps, Preface, Introduction: African War and World History, 1 Cavalries of the Savannah, 2 War in the Rivers: Senegambia and Sierra Leone, 3 War in the Forest: The Gold Coast, 4 Horses, Boats and Infantry: The Gap of Benin, 5 War on the Savannah: West Central Africa, 6 War, Slavery and Revolt: African Slaves and Soldiers in the Atlantic World, Conclusion, Notes, Index

Autorentext
John K. Thornton is Professor of History at Millersville University, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800 (Cambridge, 1998).

Klappentext

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires.
It includes the discussion of:
: * the relationship between war and the slave trade

• the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies
• the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics
• the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution
• case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central Africa

Zusammenfassung
Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians.

Inhalt
Maps, Preface, Introduction: African War and World History, 1 Cavalries of the Savannah, 2 War in the Rivers: Senegambia and Sierra Leone, 3 War in the Forest: The Gold Coast, 4 Horses, Boats and Infantry: The Gap of Benin, 5 War on the Savannah: West Central Africa, 6 War, Slavery and Revolt: African Slaves and Soldiers in the Atlantic World, Conclusion, Notes, Index