John Kwadwo (Hrsg.) Osei-Tutu

Shadows of Empire in West Africa

New Perspectives on European Fortifications

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These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a mult… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Smith, Victoria Ellen (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-39282-0
EAN: 9783319392820
Produktnummer: 24064215
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 6'917 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Abbildungen: 13 schwarz-weiße und 4 farbige Abbildungen, 3 farbige Tabellen, Bibliographie

Über den Autor

John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu is Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana.Victoria Ellen Smith is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Ghana. She is Founding Curator of the Adu Boahen Memorial Library and Archive.