Author: Philip Beaver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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African Memoranda
Author: Philip Beaver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Evidence and Memoranda
Author: Great Britain Kenya Land Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1376
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1376
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Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa
Author: Klas Rönnbäck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317222156
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our understanding of West African economic development.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317222156
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our understanding of West African economic development.
Ship of Death
Author: Billy G. Smith
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300199236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and describes the ship’s fateful impact upon people from West Africa to Philadelphia, Haiti to London. Billy G. Smith chased the story of the Hankey from archive to archive across several continents, and he now brings back to light a saga that continues to haunt the modern world. It began with a group of high-minded British colonists who planned to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. With the colony failing, the ship set sail for the Caribbean and then North America, carrying, as it turned out, mosquitoes infected with yellow fever. The resulting pandemic as the Hankey traveled from one port to the next was catastrophic. In the United States, tens of thousands died in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Charleston. The few survivors on the Hankey eventually limped back to London, hopes dashed and numbers decimated. Smith links the voyage and its deadly cargo to some of the most significant events of the era—the success of the Haitian slave revolution, Napoleon’s decision to sell the Louisiana Territory, a change in the geopolitical situation of the new United States—and spins a riveting tale of unintended consequences and the legacy of slavery that will not die.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300199236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and describes the ship’s fateful impact upon people from West Africa to Philadelphia, Haiti to London. Billy G. Smith chased the story of the Hankey from archive to archive across several continents, and he now brings back to light a saga that continues to haunt the modern world. It began with a group of high-minded British colonists who planned to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. With the colony failing, the ship set sail for the Caribbean and then North America, carrying, as it turned out, mosquitoes infected with yellow fever. The resulting pandemic as the Hankey traveled from one port to the next was catastrophic. In the United States, tens of thousands died in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Charleston. The few survivors on the Hankey eventually limped back to London, hopes dashed and numbers decimated. Smith links the voyage and its deadly cargo to some of the most significant events of the era—the success of the Haitian slave revolution, Napoleon’s decision to sell the Louisiana Territory, a change in the geopolitical situation of the new United States—and spins a riveting tale of unintended consequences and the legacy of slavery that will not die.
The Image of Africa
Author: Philip D. Curtin
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299830250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780 1850. "
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299830250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780 1850. "
Making an African City
Author: Jennifer Hart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253069343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In Making an African City, Jennifer Hart traces the way that British colonial officials, Accra Town Council members, and a diverse group of technocrats used regulation to define what an "acceptable" city looked like. Unlike cities elsewhere on the continent, Accra had a long history of urbanism that predated British colonial presence. By criminalizing some activities and privileging others, colonial officials sought to marginalize indigenous practices of Accra residents and shape the development of a new, "modern" city. Hart argues, however, that residents regularly pushed back, protesting regulations, refusing to participate in newly developed systems, reappropriating infrastructure, demanding rights to city services, and asserting their own informal vision for the future of the city. While urban plans and regulations ultimately failed to substantively remake the city, their effects were and are still felt by urban residents, who are often subject to but not served by urban infrastructure. Making an African City explores how the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process, not a natural and self-evident phenomenon, which connects the history of the city with the history of urban development and the growth of technocracy around the world.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253069343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In Making an African City, Jennifer Hart traces the way that British colonial officials, Accra Town Council members, and a diverse group of technocrats used regulation to define what an "acceptable" city looked like. Unlike cities elsewhere on the continent, Accra had a long history of urbanism that predated British colonial presence. By criminalizing some activities and privileging others, colonial officials sought to marginalize indigenous practices of Accra residents and shape the development of a new, "modern" city. Hart argues, however, that residents regularly pushed back, protesting regulations, refusing to participate in newly developed systems, reappropriating infrastructure, demanding rights to city services, and asserting their own informal vision for the future of the city. While urban plans and regulations ultimately failed to substantively remake the city, their effects were and are still felt by urban residents, who are often subject to but not served by urban infrastructure. Making an African City explores how the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process, not a natural and self-evident phenomenon, which connects the history of the city with the history of urban development and the growth of technocracy around the world.
Essentials of Lawyering Skills in Africa
Author: Festus Emiri
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9785916553
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
In twenty-two chapters, divided into six parts for convenience, the authors not only lay bare the art of lawyering but also provide invaluable nuggets of perfecting and excelling as a solicitor and advocate. There is little doubt that the contents of this book dramatically make a lawyer, especially the lawyer in Africa, to be more effective, more skilful and a proper lawyer useful to the client and society.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9785916553
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
In twenty-two chapters, divided into six parts for convenience, the authors not only lay bare the art of lawyering but also provide invaluable nuggets of perfecting and excelling as a solicitor and advocate. There is little doubt that the contents of this book dramatically make a lawyer, especially the lawyer in Africa, to be more effective, more skilful and a proper lawyer useful to the client and society.
General memoranda and oral evidence
Author: India. Calcutta University Commission, 1917-1919
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Report: Evidence and documents: general memoranda and oral evidence
Author: India. Calcutta University Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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African Memoranda
Author: Philip Beaver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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