The History Of African Cities South Of The Sahara,9781558763036

The History Of African Cities South Of The Sahara

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ISBN13: 9781558763036
ISBN10: 1558763031
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-01
Publisher(s): Markus Wiener Pub
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Table of Contents

List of Maps vii
Preface to the American Edition ix
Introduction to the French Edition (1994) xiii
Note on the Transcription of Proper Nouns xv
Acknowledgements xvii
1. Cities in Africa 1(28)
African Urbanization?
3(9)
Precolonial African Cities: An Attempt at Definition
12(14)
An Attempt at Periodization
26(3)
2. Ancient Cities 29(24)
East Africa and the Meroitic Heritage
33(9)
Western Sudan and the Interior Delta of the Niger
42(7)
Conclusion
49(4)
3. Bantu Cities 53(36)
Zimbabwe and the Stone Ruins of Southern Africa
55(10)
The Capitals of the Small Kingdoms of Central Africa
65(12)
The Capitals of Central West African Kingdoms
77(12)
4. Islam and African Cities 89(46)
From Ancient to Islamized Cities
93(7)
West Africa
100(26)
Swahili Cities
126(9)
5. The Atlantic Period: From the Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century 135(70)
Before the Slave Trade
138(31)
The Slave Trade Period
169(36)
6. The Nineteenth-Century Urban Revolution 205(112)
Ports and Markets in East Africa
212(17)
The Urban Revolution in Sudanese Africa
229(48)
From North to South: The Colonial Transition
277(40)
Conclusion 317(16)
The Importance of Economics
318(5)
Different Types of Cities
323(3)
Urbanization and Colonization
326(4)
Culture and Cities
330(3)
Notes 333(46)
Bibliography 379(34)
Index of Cities and Peoples 413(9)
About the Author 422

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