Caravans Of The Old Sahara

Author : E. W. Bovill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351033329

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Caravans of the Old Sahara by E. W. Bovill Pdf

Since publication in 1957 the importance of Bohannan's study of judicial institutions and procedures among the Tiv has been widely recognized. It has contributed widely to the continuing discussion concerning the objectives and methods to be followed in the anthropological study of law and the contribution this makes to comparative jurisprudence. the work describes and defines Tiv ideas of 'law' as expressed in the operations of their courts known as Jir. The analysis is based on and illustrated by numerous cases which the author attended and discussed with leaders in the Jir.

Author : Mohamed Hassan Mohamed
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004183797

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Between Caravan and Sultan: The Bayruk of Southern Morocco by Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Pdf

Using an ensemble of sources and current concepts, this book proposes new ways of conceiving the place of the caravan and the dynasty in Maghribian historical experiences and modes of identification.

Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1429922095

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The Conquest of the Sahara by Douglas Porch Pdf

In The Conquest of the Sahara, Douglas Porch tells the story of France's struggle to explore and dominate the great African desert at the turn of the century. Focusing on the conquest of the Ahaggar Tuareg, a Berber people living in a mountain area in central Sahara, he goes on to describe the bizarre exploits of the desert's explorers and conquerors and the incompetence of the French military establishment. Porch summons up a world of oases, desert forts and cafés where customers paid the dancer by licking a one-franc piece and sticking it on her forehead. The Conquest of the Sahara reveals the dark side of France's "civilizing mission" into this vast terrain, and at the same time, weaves a rich tale of extravagant hopes, genius and foolhardiness.

Author : Philip Boobbyer
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785276637

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The Life and World of Francis Rodd, Lord Rennell (1895-1978) by Philip Boobbyer Pdf

This book is a biographical study of the geographer/explorer and banker Francis Rodd, the second Lord Rennell of Rodd (1895-1978). Rodd’s life is interesting for the way it connected the worlds of geography, international finance, politics, espionage, and wartime military administration. He was famous in the 1920s for his journeys to the Sahara and his study of the Tuareg, People of the Veil (1926). A career in banking included a stint at the Bank of England, before he became a Partner in the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell—where remained for most of his working life (1933-1961). During the war he worked for the Ministry of Economic Warfare (1939=40), before getting closely involved in the sphere of military government (civil affairs). In 1942, he was War Office’s Chief Political Officer in East Africa. He was then appointed head of the first Allied Military Government in occupied Europe (Chief Civil Affairs Officer of AMGOT). In civil affairs, he was drawn to the principles of indirect rule. A generalist in an age of growing specialisation, he was also a mixture of traditionalist and moderniser. A product of Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, and elevated to the peerage in 1941, he was well-connected socially, and his life is a window onto British society at a time of great change.

Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691182681

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Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time by Kathleen Bickford Berzock Pdf

Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Author : J.A. Allan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317597995

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Libya Since Independence (RLE Economy of Middle East) by J.A. Allan Pdf

Since its independence in 1951, Libya has experienced rapid economic and social change. Many of these developments, though dramatic, have not been comprehensively documented until now. One of the problems that Libya has had to face has been the absorption of burgeoning oil revenues, and here the Libyan experience accords with that of other oil-rich states. The country has embarked on ambitious policies based on oil wealth; this book charts the development of traditional agricultural way of life, and the growth of new industrial projects and transport systems. The effect of Libya’s new wealth on its social and political systems is also considered in detail. In conclusion, the importance of Libya’s frontiers are discussed; although Libyan international interests have been wide-ranging in recent years, its real external interests are to extend its natural resource base, for its future developments will be founded on Libya’s perception of its territorial entitlement. First published in 1982.

Author : Jonathan Derrick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000647525

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Africa's Slaves Today by Jonathan Derrick Pdf

Africa’s Slaves Today, first published in 1975, examines the question of the persistence of slavery in modern Africa. It concludes that slavery is by no means dead in certain regions, but that at the same time clear-cut definitions of ‘slave’ and ‘free’ are often impossible to establish. In the Sahara particularly centuries of tradition involving slavery or semi-slavery have ensured a persistence of the status quo in all but name. Recent instances of Africans sold into slavery in Arabia are discussed, together with a detailed survey of slavery throughout North Africa and Ethiopia. At what stage forced labour becomes slavery is a difficult question raised by the discussion of the white South. The whole subject of slavery is put into perspective by contrasting examinations of the historical situation throughout the book.

Author : Liza Gijanto
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317327264

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The Life of Trade by Liza Gijanto Pdf

The Life of Trade utilizes archaeological and historical sources to address the dynamic nature of the Atlantic trade on the Gambia River. Taking a fresh multi-disciplinary approach, the book highlights the region’s atypical position as a commercial crossroads and access point for both interior and Atlantic markets. This engagement with a diversified commodities trade brought about the formation of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious community which was supported by, and reliant on, economic exchange. Gijanto situates the Niumi Kingdom within the emerging capitalist world-system through the analysis of data collected from archaeological excavations at four sites: the central multi-ethnic trading village of Juffure, the associated British merchant company factory there, and the two nearby settlements of San Domingo and Lamin Conco. As part of the Atlantic world, residents were in a continual process of negotiation between their local socio-economic structures and the commodities and ideas introduced by foreign traders. Gijanto sheds light on these interactions, exploring the impact of increased access to wealth by examining a number of excavated objects associated with public display, including European glass trading beads, faunal and botanical remains and locally produced ceramics. Presenting new perspectives on the complex nature of the Atlantic trade in the region The Life of Trade enriches our understanding of this period of great change in West Africa.

Author : Charles Ralph Boxer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : 0520014197

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Four Centuries of Portuguese Expansion, 1415-1825 by Charles Ralph Boxer Pdf

Author : Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817916930

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Burden of Empire by Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann Pdf

Since its publication in 1967, Burden of Empire has been widely praised and criticized for its controversial approach to the problem of colonialism in Africa. The authors have challenged the new "orthodoxy" about Africa—the belief that little but evil and exploitation has resulted from the era of European colonialism.

Author : Ghislaine Lydon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521887243

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On Trans-Saharan Trails by Ghislaine Lydon Pdf

This study examines the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material.

Author : Murray Gordon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Slave-trade
ISBN : 9780941533300

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Slavery in the Arab World by Murray Gordon Pdf

...a comprehensive portrait of slavery in the Islamic world from earliest times until today...D>--Arab Book World

Author : Bethany Walker,Corisande Fenwick,Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199987870

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The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology by Bethany Walker,Corisande Fenwick,Timothy Insoll Pdf

Islamic archaeology is young discipline, emerging only over the course of the 1980s and 1990s. The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology is the first work of its kind to cover the archaeology of the Islamic world on a global scale, from North Africa to China and Europe to sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Roland Anthony Oliver,Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1975-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521099005

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Africa in the Iron Age by Roland Anthony Oliver,Brian M. Fagan Pdf

A textbook providing the only comprehensive and up-to-date account of African history between 500 B.C. and 1400 A.D. Also useful to students of archaeology.

Author : A. G. Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429683121

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An Economic History of West Africa by A. G. Hopkins Pdf

This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area conventionally known as West Africa. The book ranges from prehistoric times to independence and covers the former French territories, as well as those colonised by the British. It criticises conventional beliefs about economic backwardness, offers an alternative account that explains the particular configuration of poverty that characterised the pre-colonial period, and assesses the consequences of the region’s interaction with the wider world – from the growth of the Saharan and Atlantic trades to the rise and demise of colonial rule. This edition contains a substantial new Introduction that discusses the development of the subject during the past 50 years, evaluates the debate over the original interpretation, and provides a valuable guide to additional reading, bringing the reader up to date with current scholarship on the subject, as well as providing avenues for further independent research. Appearing at a time when the study of African economic history is enjoying a revival and is engaging economists as well as historians, the book fills a large gap in African studies, provides newcomers with a stimulating point of entry into the subject, and contributes to our understanding of wider issues of global underdevelopment.