The World and a Very Small Place in Africa
A History of Globalization in Niumi, the Gambia
The World and a Very Small Place in Africa is a fascinating look at how contacts with the wider world have affected how people have lived in Niumi, a small and little-known region at the mouth of West Africa's Gambia River, for over a thousand years. Drawing on archives, oral traditions and published works, Donald R. Wright connects world history with real people on a local level through an exploration of how global events have affected life in Niumi. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this new edition rests on recent thinking in globalization theory, reflects the latest historiography and has been extended to the present day through…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-429-99641-2
- EAN: 9780429996412
- Produktnummer: 31491707
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 326 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 12'452 KB
- Auflage: 4. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen
Über den Autor
Donald R. Wright is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, Emeritus, at the State University of New York-Cortland. His other books include two on early African American history, and a two-volume collection of oral traditions from The Gambia, and (as co-author) The Atlantic World: A History (2007).
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