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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100230294111
ISBN-139780230294110
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038291017
Product Key Features
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHistory of Southern Africa
Publication Year2018
SubjectAfrica / General, World, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlois S. Mlambo, Neil Parsons
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesBloomsbury Essential Histories Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Series Volume Number7
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal968
Table Of ContentIntroduction Middle & Later Stone Age The Iron Age to c.1300 Later Iron Age Societies to c.1685 Early States & European Colonies, c.1600-c.1790 Coastal & Interior Frontier Wars, c.1790-c.1868 Scramble for Africa Part 1, c.1868-1902 Scramble for Africa Part 2, 1902-1919 Golden Years for Colonialism, 1919-1948 Apartheid & African Nationalism, 1948-1967 Years of Revolutionary Insurgence, 1967-1990 Southern Africa since 1990 General Bibliography & General Videography Index
SynopsisFrom early human civilisation to today, this book illuminates the history of southern Africa. Interweaving social, cultural and political history, archaeology, anthropology and environmentalism, Neil Parsons and Alois Mlambo provide an engaging account of the region's varied past. Placing African voices and agency at centre stage rather than approaching the subject through a colonial lens, A History of Southern Africa provides an engrossing narrative of the region. This textbook is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of History and African Studies, and will provide an essential grounding for those taking courses in the history of southern Africa. Its lively and accessible approach will appeal to anyone with an interest in global history., From early human civilisation to today, this book illuminates the history of southern Africa. Interweaving social, cultural and political history, archaeology, anthropology and environmentalism, Neil Parsons and Alois Mlambo provide an engaging account of the region's varied past. Placing African voices and agency at centre stage rather than approaching the subject through a colonial lens, A History of Southern Africa provides an engrossing narrative of the region.This textbook is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of History and African Studies, and will provide an essential grounding for those taking courses in the history of southern Africa. Its lively and accessible approach will appeal to anyone with an interest in global history.