BLACK MOTHER, Africa: The Years of Trial - a Unique Inquiry into African History from the Earliest Times of European Discovery till the Eve of Colonial Conquest,
by Basil Davidson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD price
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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Victor Gollancz, London 1961 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Thirty-three b&w illustrations. 'Black Mother' is about the course and consequuences of the long African-European connection that endured from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth. It asks and answers three vital questions. What kind of contact was this between Africa and Europe? How did the experience effect Africa? Why did it end in colonial invasion? This extraordinarily interesting book is highly readable and often dramatic. Over 24 illustrations, 3 maps, bibliography & index.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33538
- Title
- BLACK MOTHER, Africa: The Years of Trial - a Unique Inquiry into African History from the Earliest Times of European Discovery till the Eve of Colonial Conquest,
- Author
- Basil Davidson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD price
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz, London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 270 pages
- Keywords
- African Trade Africa Rulers Africa Slavery African Frontier Kilwa Zanzibar Benin Ja Ja Congo Portuguese British Dahomey
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