The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 5: From c. 1790 to c. 1870

The period covered in this volume is one which begins with the emergence of anti-slave trade attitudes in Europe, and ends on the eve of European colonial conquest. But except for white conquests in Algeria and South Africa, and colonies of free Blacks on the west coast, the theme is that of African independence, initiative and adaptation in the last phase of its pre-colonial history. Under greater external pressures than ever before, from European trade, exploration, missionary and political activity, African history in this period moved with greater momentum and larger scale than in past ages, with rapid changes in economic and political life. In general the approach in this volume is through chapters focusing on regions of Africa, each written by an established authority in his field. Concluding chapters survey the activities of Europeans in Africa, and those of Africans and their descendants overseas. pdf_handler......Page 1 pdf_handler(2)......Page 16 pdf_handler(3)......Page 28 pdf_handler(4)......Page 66 pdf_handler(5)......Page 114 pdf_handler(6)......Page 140 pdf_handler(7)......Page 185 pdf_handler(8)......Page 215 pdf_handler(9)......Page 237 pdf_handler(10)......Page 285 pdf_handler(11)......Page 334 pdf_handler(12)......Page 368 pdf_handler(13)......Page 408 pdf_handler(14)......Page 433 pdf_handler(15)......Page 473 pdf_handler(16)......Page 512 pdf_handler(17)......Page 554 Specialists in various aspects of African history and civilization contribute to an integrated portrait of internal and foreign influences on the course of Africa's development