| Farmers, Kings, and Traders: The People of Southern Africa, 200-1860 Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Hall, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226313263 ISBN-13: 9780226313269 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $32.67 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1990 Annotation: In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement of the earliest farmers nearly two thousand years ago, Hall tracks the emergence of precolonial states such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. "Farmers, Kings, and Traders" concludes with the devastating effects of colonialism. Through a close reading of the accounts of early travelers, colonialists, archaeologists, and historians, Hall places in context the often contradictory histories that have been written of this region. The result is an illuminating look at how ideas about the past have themselves changed over time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa |
| Dewey: 968 |
| LCCN: 90039017 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 7.1" W x 9.52" (0.70 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement of the earliest farmers nearly two thousand years ago, Hall tracks the emergence of precolonial states such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. Farmers, Kings, and Traders concludes with the devastating effects of colonialism. Through a close reading of the accounts of early travelers, colonialists, archaeologists, and historians, Hall places in context the often contradictory histories that have been written of this region. The result is an illuminating look at how ideas about the past have themselves changed over time. |