African Military History
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African Military History
Lamphear, John
Taylor & Francis Ltd
11/2007
548
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Inglês
9780754625216
15 a 20 dias
Features a collection of essays on pre-colonial sub-Saharan African military history drawn from a number of academic journals. This work provides insight into the unique nature of African military history. It also contains an introduction which presents a review of pre-colonial African military historiography.
Contents: Series preface; Introduction; The wars of August: diagonal narrative in African history, Robert W. Harms; 'He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage': the horse in the Central Sudan, Humphrey J. Fisher; Spears, style and time among Maa-speaking pastoralists, Roy Larick; The view from Awdaghast: war, trade and social change in the Southwest Sahara from the 8th to the 15th century, E. Ann MacDougall; Archers, musketeers and mosquitoes: the Moroccan invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay resistance (1591-1612), Lansine Kaba; Portuguese musketeers on the Zambezi, Richard Gray; The art of war in Angola, 1575-1680, John K. Thornton; Dahomey and the slave trade: reflections on the historiography of the rise of Dahomey, Robin Law; Horses, firearms, and political power in pre-colonial West Africa, Robin Law; The impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Western Sudan, Martin A. Klien; The sacred musket: tactics, technology and power in 18th-century Madagascar, Gerald M. Berg; Sources of conflict in Southern Africa c 1800-30: the 'Mfecane' reconsidered, Elizabeth A. Eldredge; 'The character and objects of Chaka': reconsideration of the making of Shaka as 'Mfecane Motor', Carolyn Anne Hamilton; Firearms in South Central Africa, Anthony Atmore, J.M. Chirenje and S.I. Mudenge; Military organization and the pre-colonial policy of Bemba of Zambia, A.L. Epstein; Professional warriors in 19th-century Yoruba politics, J.F.A. Ajayi; Production and reproduction of warrior states: Segu Bembara and Segu Tukolor, c 1712-1890, Richard L. Roberts; Firearms and princely power in Ethiopia in the 19th century, R.A. Caulk; 'For God, Emperor and Country': the evolution of Ethiopia's 19th-century army, John Dunn; War and militarism in pre-colonial Buganda, Richard Reid; The Wasaki war: an oral narrative of Southwestern Kenya, Michael G. Kenny; War, famine and pestilence in late pre-colonial Tanzania: a case for a heightened mortality, Juhani Koponen; Nam
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Features a collection of essays on pre-colonial sub-Saharan African military history drawn from a number of academic journals. This work provides insight into the unique nature of African military history. It also contains an introduction which presents a review of pre-colonial African military historiography.
Contents: Series preface; Introduction; The wars of August: diagonal narrative in African history, Robert W. Harms; 'He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage': the horse in the Central Sudan, Humphrey J. Fisher; Spears, style and time among Maa-speaking pastoralists, Roy Larick; The view from Awdaghast: war, trade and social change in the Southwest Sahara from the 8th to the 15th century, E. Ann MacDougall; Archers, musketeers and mosquitoes: the Moroccan invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay resistance (1591-1612), Lansine Kaba; Portuguese musketeers on the Zambezi, Richard Gray; The art of war in Angola, 1575-1680, John K. Thornton; Dahomey and the slave trade: reflections on the historiography of the rise of Dahomey, Robin Law; Horses, firearms, and political power in pre-colonial West Africa, Robin Law; The impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Western Sudan, Martin A. Klien; The sacred musket: tactics, technology and power in 18th-century Madagascar, Gerald M. Berg; Sources of conflict in Southern Africa c 1800-30: the 'Mfecane' reconsidered, Elizabeth A. Eldredge; 'The character and objects of Chaka': reconsideration of the making of Shaka as 'Mfecane Motor', Carolyn Anne Hamilton; Firearms in South Central Africa, Anthony Atmore, J.M. Chirenje and S.I. Mudenge; Military organization and the pre-colonial policy of Bemba of Zambia, A.L. Epstein; Professional warriors in 19th-century Yoruba politics, J.F.A. Ajayi; Production and reproduction of warrior states: Segu Bembara and Segu Tukolor, c 1712-1890, Richard L. Roberts; Firearms and princely power in Ethiopia in the 19th century, R.A. Caulk; 'For God, Emperor and Country': the evolution of Ethiopia's 19th-century army, John Dunn; War and militarism in pre-colonial Buganda, Richard Reid; The Wasaki war: an oral narrative of Southwestern Kenya, Michael G. Kenny; War, famine and pestilence in late pre-colonial Tanzania: a case for a heightened mortality, Juhani Koponen; Nam
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