A HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE. - Hardcover

July, Robert W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068413747X ISBN 13: 9780684137476

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974

Synopsis

This critically acclaimed work provides a comprehensive history that both illuminates and clarifies events past and present. It surveys Africa's history from its earliest beginnings to the present day, exploring themes that cut across time and place to furnish their own unity and consistency: the migrations of peoples, the power of religion, the enduring impact of Africa's climate, and Africa's relationship with the wider world-that is, the invasion of foreign peoples, ideas, and institutions that has been a pervasive influence in shaping African political, economic, and social life. This volume addresses the role of Africa's women in Africa's history, includes additional sections on slavery and the slave trade, and discusses the persistent difficulties of African societies to gain the economic and social advantages hoped for from independence. July examines Africa's peoples and its cultures with a authority that has made this book the standard in the field and an indispensable guide to understanding the complexity of the African struggle for nationhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 068413747X
• ISBN 13: 9780684137476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 731
• Illustrator: Illustrated