CK - Africa 4

Fifty years ago, Nigeria endured a period of violent disturbance leading to the breakaway of the Eastern Region under the name Biafra. The resulting conflict (1967–70) aroused shock and protests aro……続きを見る

Genezą powstania tego szkicu historyczno-politycznego jest wieloletnie zainteresowanie dyplomaty Jana Balickiego problematyką afrykańską ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem historii Burów. Na kolejnych ka……続きを見る

'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees 'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical f……続きを見る

PRAISE FOR AFRICA; ITS MUSIC & ITS PEOPLE ... A respected performer, educator, Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam has played with the best of them: Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd and others...his knowledge of Afr……続きを見る

Drawing upon social history, political history, and critical prison studies, this book analyzes how prisons and other instruments of colonial punishment endured after independence and challenges the……続きを見る

"One of the most chivalrous, humorous, and kindly German officers of high rank who took part in the war." -Athenaeum Known as the Lion of Africa, General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870–1964), co……続きを見る

"The stories of Selous' doings I have often listened to far into the night as described round my camp fire by his excited and admiring followers. Selous is not only known as a hunter, held in awe by……続きを見る

A reassessment of the precedents, course, and legacy of the Reformation has occurred in the present generation of academic writing. This collection of essays brings together research by established ……続きを見る

British multinationals faced unprecedented challenges to their organizational legitimacy in the middle of the twentieth century as the European colonial empires were dismantled and institutional tra……続きを見る

'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker 'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rar……続きを見る

The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its environmental history and its linkage to economic his……続きを見る

British Imperialism and Australia (1939) looks at the early economic history of Australia, which towards the end of the period under review became an important field of British Imperial development.……続きを見る

Chatham's Colonial Policy (1917) examines Britain’s colonial plans and ambition in the mid-eighteenth century, under the leadership of the Earl of Chatham – William Pitt the Elder. It analyses his p……続きを見る

This open access book charts how South Africa’s gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century……続きを見る

Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series of stunni……続きを見る

An African Adventure is a non-fiction book by Isaac Frederick Marcosson, published in 1921. The book recounts the author's travels throughout Africa, including his experiences with native tribes, bi……続きを見る

Otto lezioni magistrali sui temi più importanti delle letterature africane. «Non è da storico che lo scrittore parla, ma da pensatore attento e fiero, che non ha paura di sconvolgere, ovunque si tro……続きを見る

"Tanner wrote in 1895 that Biblical scholars wrongly portrayed the son of David as a white man." - amehistoryinthemaking.com "Tanner's impressive etymological tract The Color of Solomon aimed to enl……続きを見る

This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Working beyond traditional Western-centric narrative, arguing that it is crucial to ground experiences in Af……続きを見る

A new assessment of Jan Smuts’s military leadership through examination of his World War I campaigning, demonstrating that he was a gifted general, conversant with the craft of maneuver warfare, and……続きを見る

“[A] vivid, gripping account of inhuman cruelty, laced with rays of hope and courage and dignity amidst the horrors” (Noam Chomsky, leading public intellectual and author of Hopes and Prospects). A ……続きを見る

The story of a nation in turmoil on its way to splitting in two: “Thoroughly absorbing” (The Wall Street Journal). In recent decades, the situation in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, progressively ……続きを見る

It had all the ingredients of a best-selling thriller the clandestine activities of mercenaries, an impossibly dare-devil plot to topple the regime of one of the worlds most corrupt countries; the b……続きを見る

This second volume in the seminal series on aerial combat, pilots, and tactics in Libya and Egypt in the middle of World War II. In volume two of this series, historian Christopher Shores begins by ……続きを見る

At the turn of the twentieth century, depictions of the colonized world were prevalent throughout the German metropole. Tobacco advertisements catered to the erotic gaze of imperial enthusiasts with……続きを見る

New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and images Tales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol c……続きを見る

Between 1865 and 1872 widespread death and disease unfolded amid the most severe ecological disaster in modern North African history: a plague of locusts destroyed crops during a disastrous drought ……続きを見る

We have a lot to be positive about in South Africa. With all our problems, it’s easy to feel bleak. But hold those thoughts, because Legends might be just the tonic you need to drive off the gloom. ……続きを見る

Afrofuturism is a cultural style that explores the African-American experience by fusing science fiction, history, and fantasy. It also aspires to reunite people from the black diaspora with their l……続きを見る

Legacy: The History and Stories of African Ancestry and African Americans in Silicon Valley. This landmark book is a founding work in the historical studies of African Americans and a vivid depictio……続きを見る