{"product_id":"africa-in-world-history-9780205053995","title":"Africa in World History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps Special Features Foreword Changes to the Third Edition Preface About the Authors         Part I: Africa Up To 1500 C.E.          Chapter 1: Physical Context of African History: Geography and Environment   Physical Features of the Continent   Challenges of the African Environment   The African Environment in Global Perspective       Chapter 2: Africa and Human Origins   Early Perspectives on Human Origins and the Notion of Race   Africa and Human Origins in Global Perspective         Chapter 3: Finding Food and Talking About It: The First 100,000 Years  Humans and the Environment: Foraging for Food Regional Foraging Strategies   The African Environment and the First Modern Humans in Global Perspective         Chapter 4: Settled Life: Food Production, Technology, and Migrations   The Origins of Food Production   Animal Domestication   The Social, Political, and Economic Impact of Food Production   The Bantu Expansion   Metallurgy and the Banana   Political and Religious Culture in Early African History   Early African Migrations, Technology, and Culture in Global Perspective         Chapter 5: North and Northeast Africa in Early World History   Egypt in Early World History   Ancient Egypt and Greece   Carthage and Rome in Early Northern Africa   Ancient Nubia and the Horn of Africa in the Ancient World   Ancient Africa United: The Afrocentric Argument   Ancient North and Northeastern Africa in Global Perspective         Chapter 6: Africa and the Early Christian World   The Spread of Christianity in Africa   African Contributions to Early Christian Thought   The Decline of African Christianity   Early African Christianity in Global Perspective         Chapter 7: North and West Africa and the Spread of Islam   The Origins of Islam   Islam in North Africa   Empires, Trade, and Islam in the West African Savannah   The Rise of Mali   The Rise of Songhai   Islam in Kanem-Bornu and Hausaland   African Traditional Religions and Conversion   The Africanization of Islam   Islam in North and West Africa in Global Perspective         Chapter 8: East Africa and the Advent of Islam   The Monsoons   Swahili Origins   Islam and the Emergence of the Swahili as a Distinctive Group   Life in the Early Swahili Towns: 750—1000   The High Point of Swahili Civilization: 1000—1500   Urban Transformation   Economic Transformation   Kilwa: A Case Study   The Swahili Coast in Global Perspective         Part II: Africa Since 1500 C.E.          Chapter 9: Slavery and the Creation of the Atlantic World   The Institution of Slavery before the Rise of the Atlantic Trade   Slavery in the Mediterranean and Europe   Slavery in Africa   The Institution of Slavery   The Birth of the Plantation Complex   New Sea Routes   The Plantation System in the New World   Race and Slavery in the New World   The Nature of the Slave Trade   Shipboard Conditions   The Human Toll   Justifications for the Slave Trade   Counting the Cost   African Culture in Diaspora   African Religion in the New World   Independent African Communities in the New World   Diasporic Africans Back in Africa–Routes of Return   The Atlantic System and Economic Change   The Atlantic System and the Industrial Revolution   The Atlantic System and African Poverty   Abolition of the Slave Trade   The End of the Atlantic World   The Atlantic Slave Trade in Global Perspective       Chapter 10: West and West-Central Africa: 1500—1880   The Setting: West and West-Central Africa Prior to European Contact   First Impressions   Early Relations–Religion, Trade, and Politics   Africa Transformed? Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade   Regional Developments in the Era of the Slave Trade   The End of the Slave Trade and the Rise of Legitimate Trade   West and West-Central Africa 1500—1880, in Global Perspective         Chapter 11: North Africa and the Soudan: 1500—1880   The Ottomans in Egypt   The Ottomans in the Maghreb   Ottoman Culture in North Africa   The Rise of Morocco   Invasion and Reform in Egypt   French Invasion in Algeria   Religious Change in the Soudan to the 1880s   North Africa and the Soudan, 1500—1880, in Global Perspective         Chapter 12: East Africa, 1500—1850   The Arrival of the Portuguese   The Omani Empire in East Africa   The Busaids   Britain and the Suppression of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade   Links to the Interior   Portuguese and Omani Dominance in Global Perspective         Chapter 13: Southern Africa, 1500—1870   Terrain, Climate, and Settlement   Shaka and the Rise of the Zulu State   Mzilikazi and the “Ndebele”   Moshoeshoe   The “Voortrekkers”   The British Expansion and the Formation of the Boer Republics   South Africa in Global Perspective, 1500—1870         Chapter 14: Colonialism and African Resistance   Europe’s Industrial Transformation and Africa   Quinine and Colonialism   Weapons and Colonialism   The Great Transformation   The Limits of Resistance   The Colonization of a Continent   The Expansion of the Gold Coast Colony   Creating the Belgian Congo   Ethiopia: Where European Imperialism Failed   African Colonization in Global Perspective         Chapter 15: Economic Change in Modern Africa: Forced Integration into the World System   The Cash Crop Revolution   Colonial Transportation Networks   Cocoa Farming in Ghana   Cotton and Groundnuts in Nigeria   Africans as Wage Laborers   Slavery and Labor in Zanzibar   Settlers in the Kenya Highlands   The Cities of Africa   Women and Work in Colonial Africa   The Movement to Independence and Modernization   African Economic History in Global Perspective         Chapter 16: Political Change in the Time of Colonialism   Varieties of Colonial Administration   World War I and Colonial Rule   Colonialism and African “Elites”   World War II and the Twilight of Colonial Rule   Colonial Rule in Africa in Global Perspective         Chapter 17: African Culture in the Modern World   Africa and Anthropology   Christianity and Colonialism   Independent Churches   Islam as a Globalizing Force   Migrants and Mobility   Soccer on the Global Stage   Movies and Music   Modern African Culture in Global Perspective         Chapter 18: Politics in the Era of Decolonization and Independence   The Era of Decolonization   The Rise of African Nationalist Movements   Decolonization in the Settler States and Portuguese Africa   After Colonialism: Independence¼or into Dependence?   Pan-Africanism   The Challenges of Independence   The Congo Crisis   Political Change in Independent Africa: Innovation or Regression?   Independent African States in Global Perspective         Chapter 19: Contemporary Africa   The End of the Cold War and Political Change in Africa   The End of Apartheid   Conflict and Collapsed States in the Post—Cold War Era   Africa and the War on Terror   The Rwandan Genocide and the “African World War”   Genocide in Sudan?   Globalization and Development in Contemporary Africa   The HIV Pandemic and Africa   African Solutions   Contemporary Africa in Global Perspective–Looking Back, Looking Ahead         Glossary Selected Bibliography   Credits   Index ","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036462285143,"sku":"9780205053995","price":134.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780205053995.jpg?v=1750932136","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/africa-in-world-history-9780205053995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}