African Dominion A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780691177427
  • 01 januari 2018
  • 520 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global context Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on this period of the region's history in a generation, tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, including Arabic manuscripts, oral histories, and recent archaeological findings, Michael Gomez unveils a new vision of how categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and caste emerged in Africa and in global history more generally. Scholars have long held that such distinctions arose during the colonial period, but Gomez shows they developed much earlier. Focusing on the Savannah and Sahel region, Gomez traces the exchange of ideas and influences with North Africa and the Central Islamic Lands by way of merchants, scholars, and pilgrims. Islam's growth in West Africa, in tandem with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire. A major preoccupation was the question of who could be legally enslaved, which together with other factors led to the construction of new ideas about ethnicity, race, gender, and caste--long before colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade. Telling a radically new story about early Africa in global history, African Dominion is set to be the standard work on the subject for many years to come.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 januari 2018
Aantal pagina's
520
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Michael Gomez
Tweede Auteur
Michael Gomez
Hoofduitgeverij
Princeton University Press

Overige kenmerken

Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
152 mm
Product lengte
235 mm
Studieboek
Ja
Verpakking breedte
152 mm
Verpakking hoogte
235 mm
Verpakking lengte
235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
851 g

EAN

EAN
9780691177427
Nog geen reviews

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 43 euro en 99 cent.
2 - 3 weken
Verkoop door bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door bol
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice

Lijst met gekozen artikelen om te vergelijken

Vergelijk artikelen