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Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
Taschenbuch von Ralph A. Austen
Sprache: Englisch

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The central theme of this book is the double role of the Sahara: as both a link between tropical Africa and the Mediterranean Islamic world; and as a restrictive/protective barrier that allowed considerable autonomy and originality to the southern Sahel ('shore') of the desert and its immediate hinterland. Thus Austen discusses the structural constraints upon caravan (as opposed to oceanic) long-distance trade but also show how this allowed considerable economicdevelopment to occur in the Sudan. Statecraft, urbanization, and literacy also remained limited by world standards of the medieval and early-modern eras, but a society and culture emerged that reflects a creative dialogue between the Mediterranean (global) and the African (local). Linkages to theAtlantic world during the first era of European expansion (extending up to the end of the 19th century for this region) intensified rather than undermined this process, but formal colonial rule, which substituted mechanized transport to the oceanic coast for caravan routes, finally marginalized the Sahara and the Sudan.
The central theme of this book is the double role of the Sahara: as both a link between tropical Africa and the Mediterranean Islamic world; and as a restrictive/protective barrier that allowed considerable autonomy and originality to the southern Sahel ('shore') of the desert and its immediate hinterland. Thus Austen discusses the structural constraints upon caravan (as opposed to oceanic) long-distance trade but also show how this allowed considerable economicdevelopment to occur in the Sudan. Statecraft, urbanization, and literacy also remained limited by world standards of the medieval and early-modern eras, but a society and culture emerged that reflects a creative dialogue between the Mediterranean (global) and the African (local). Linkages to theAtlantic world during the first era of European expansion (extending up to the end of the 19th century for this region) intensified rather than undermined this process, but formal colonial rule, which substituted mechanized transport to the oceanic coast for caravan routes, finally marginalized the Sahara and the Sudan.
Über den Autor
Ralph A. Austen is Professor Emeritus of African History at the University of Chicago.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: Introduction to the Sahara: From Desert Barrier to Global Highway

  • 2: Caravan Commerce and African Economies

  • 3: Ruling the Sahara and Its "Shores"

  • 4: Islam

  • 5: Islamicate Culture: Religions, Languages, Literature, and the Arts

  • 6: European Colonialism: Disruption and Continuity of Trans-Saharan Links

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780195337884
ISBN-10: 0195337883
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Austen, Ralph A.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Ralph A. Austen
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2010
Gewicht: 0,278 kg
Artikel-ID: 120658682
Über den Autor
Ralph A. Austen is Professor Emeritus of African History at the University of Chicago.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: Introduction to the Sahara: From Desert Barrier to Global Highway

  • 2: Caravan Commerce and African Economies

  • 3: Ruling the Sahara and Its "Shores"

  • 4: Islam

  • 5: Islamicate Culture: Religions, Languages, Literature, and the Arts

  • 6: European Colonialism: Disruption and Continuity of Trans-Saharan Links

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780195337884
ISBN-10: 0195337883
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Austen, Ralph A.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Ralph A. Austen
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2010
Gewicht: 0,278 kg
Artikel-ID: 120658682
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