000			01728cam a2200265 4500
001			5685
003			OCoLC
010			_a2007297380
020			_a9780192802484 (pbk.)
100	1		_aParker, John, _d1960-
245	1	0	_aAfrican history : _ba very short introduction / _cJohn Parker and Richard Rathbone
264		1	_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2007
300			_a165 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c18 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aVery short introductions ; _v160
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index
505	0		_aThe idea of Africa -- Africans: diversity and unity -- Africa's past: historical sources -- Africa in the world -- Colonialism in Africa -- Imagining the future, rebuilding the past -- Memory and forgetting, past and present
520	1		_a""Until recently, Africa was seen by the outside world as being without history, a continent left behind in the wider story of human progress. But our understanding of the African past is very different today. This Very Short Introduction examines the changing ways in which African history has been understood and represented by historians and by Africans themselves. Examples drawn from across the continent and from the African diaspora beyond are used to examine key themes, from the diversity of African cultures, religions, and identities, to the slave trade, Africa's place in the world, and the rise and fall of colonial rule.""--BOOK JACKET
651		0	_aAfrica _xHistory
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700	1		_aRathbone, Richard
830		0	_aVery short introductions ; _v160
999			_c4800 _d4800