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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John K. Thornton (Boston University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781107127159ISBN 10: 1107127157 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 26 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. The Development of States in West Central African to 1540; 2. The Struggle for Ambundu and the Founding of Angola; 3. Ndongo and Portugal at War; 4. Queen Njinga's Struggle for Ndongo; 5. The Thirty Years' War Comes to Central Africa; 6. The Emergence of Lunda; 7. The Weight of Lunda on the West; 8. Culmination: Lunda, Luba and the Ovimbundu; EpilogReviews'Highly recommended.' R. I. Rotberg, Choice Author InformationJohn Thornton is Professor of History at Boston University where he is a specialist in the history of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora. He is the author of numerous books, including Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World (1992, 2nd edition 1998), The Kongolese Saint Anthony (1998), Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles and the Foundation of the Americas (2007) which was awarded the Herskovits Prize by the African Studies Association, and A Cultural History of the Atlantic World (2012) which was awarded the World History Association Book Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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