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S'està carregant… A Short History of Africa (1962)de Roland Oliver, John Donnelly Fage (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 1/24/23 A useful overview, especially until around the end of the 1800s, but the tone and focus are sometimes shockingly mushy and bland when describing events that were, by all other accounts, quite horrific. Do read with [b:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|347610|King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|Adam Hochschild|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173937358s/347610.jpg|937922] and [b:The Challenge for Africa|5167050|The Challenge for Africa|Wangari Maathai|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320542961s/5167050.jpg|5234087] for balance. This is the white-bread version of the seizing and exploitation of Africa. 2257 A Short History of Africa Sixth Edition, by Roland Oliver and J. D. Fage (read 17 Dec 1989) This book goes up to 1986 and is by two British professors. It is well done, and while it covers a lot of time over a few pages I thought it worth reading. I wasn't too interested in African history before 1600 but the chapters on the period since were very interesting--especially the last two: "The Road to Independence" and "Independent Africa: The Early Years." It has a good "Suggestions for Further Reading." This was a good book, which should be followed up with more specific reading. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Dramatic alterations in political power have corrected the once prevalent vision of a European-centered world. While the centers of European culture flourished, decayed and sprouted in turn, empires in Africa rose, ruled, resisted, and succumbed. Much of Africa's past has now been excavated from ignorance and error, revealing a rich and previously little-known human heritage. This classic work draws on the whole range of literature about Africa as well as evidence provided by archaeology, oral traditions, language relationships, and social institutions. It marshals the most authoritative views of African specialists into an absorbing narrative and puts forward original conclusions that take the study of Africa a stage further. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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