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A History of West Central Africa to 1850 John K. Thornton (Boston University)

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 By John K. Thornton (Boston University)

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 by John K. Thornton (Boston University)


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An original interpretative history for students or scholars of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 which benefits from comprehensive and in-depth treatment of internal histories, inter-state interactions, and external relationships for an original approach to regional histories.

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 Summary

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 by John K. Thornton (Boston University)

Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 gives comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region. With equal focus given to both internal histories or inter-state interactions and external dynamics and relationships, this study represents an original approach to regional histories which goes beyond the existing scholarship on the area. By contextualising and expanding its range, to include treatment of the Portuguese colony of Angola, John K. Thornton provides new understandings of significant events, people, and inter-regional interactions which aid the grounding of the history of West Central Africa within a broader context. A valuable resource to students and scholars of African history.

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 Reviews

'Highly recommended.' R. I. Rotberg, Choice

About John K. Thornton (Boston University)

John Thornton is Professor of History at Boston University where he is a specialist in the history of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora. He is the author of numerous books, including Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World (1992, 2nd edition 1998), The Kongolese Saint Anthony (1998), Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles and the Foundation of the Americas (2007) which was awarded the Herskovits Prize by the African Studies Association, and A Cultural History of the Atlantic World (2012) which was awarded the World History Association Book Prize.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The Development of States in West Central African to 1540; 2. The Struggle for Ambundu and the Founding of Angola; 3. Ndongo and Portugal at War; 4. Queen Njinga's Struggle for Ndongo; 5. The Thirty Years' War Comes to Central Africa; 6. The Emergence of Lunda; 7. The Weight of Lunda on the West; 8. Culmination: Lunda, Luba and the Ovimbundu; Epilog

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NLS9781107565937
9781107565937
1107565936
A History of West Central Africa to 1850 by John K. Thornton (Boston University)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2020-03-26
382
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