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PublisherUniversity of Rochester Medical Press

ISBN-10158046954X

ISBN-139781580469548

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038757278

Product Key Features

Number of Pages440 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAfrican Islands : Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization

SubjectEarth Sciences / Geography, Exports & Imports, Africa / General, History & Theory, Asia / General, Regional Studies, Economic Conditions, World / African

Publication Year2019

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorDanielle Porter Sanchez

SeriesIssn Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-013735

Dewey Edition23

Reviews[T]he volume will inspire critical conversations about African islands and their unique roles in later African and global histories. African Islands deserves a place in the libraries of historians, geographers, anthropologists, and those interested in African area studies., African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization will become a cornerstone reference in African studies, African diaspora studies, and broader fields that engage the diverse array of issues tightly and coherently represented in the essays. The text is comprehensive and rich; the writing fluid, eloquent, and fast paced; the analysis deeply insightful and satisfying; the expertise of the authors unimpeachable and solid; and the contribution to scholarship undeniably profound and seminal. -- Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Babcock University, Nigeria

Series Volume Number83

Number of Volumes93 Bks.

Volume NumberVol. 83

Dewey Decimal960.32

Table Of ContentIntroduction - Toyin Falola and R. Joseph Parrott and Danielle Porter Sanchez PART 1. ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDS The Canaries to Africa: The Atlantic Strategy of "To Be or Not To Be" - Germ n Santana P rez Sugar, Cocoa, and Oil: Economic Success and Failure in S o Tom and Pr ncipe from the 16th to the 21st Century - Gerhard Seibert The Bijagos of Canhabac Island (Guinea-Bissau) - Joshua Bernard Forrest An Island in the Middle of Everywhere: Bioko under Colonial Domination - Enrique N. Okenve Cursing in Bioko and Annob n: Repeating Islands that Don't Repeat - Michael Ugarte African Ports and Islands during the Second World War - Ashley Jackson "Nos lingua, nos kultura, nos identidadi": Postcolonial Language Planning and Promotion in Cabo Verde and the Cape Verdean Diaspora - Carla D. Martin PART 2. INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS Africa's Indian Ocean Islands, Near and Distant - Edward A. Alpers Monsoon Metropolis: Migration, Mobility, and Mediation in the Western Indian Ocean - William Bissell The Mascarenes, Indian Ocean Africa, and Global Labor Migration during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - Richard B. Allen The Island as Nexus: Zanzibar in the Nineteenth Century - Jeremy Prestholdt Slavery and Post-Slavery in Madagascar: An Overview - Denis Regnier and Dominique Somda The Comoros: Strategies of Islandness in the Indian Ocean - Iain Walker Gendered Pioneers from Mayotte: An Ethnographic Perspective on Travel and Transformation in the Western Indian Ocean - Michael Lambek Notes on Contributors

SynopsisIslands and island chains like Cabo Verde, Madagascar, and Bioko are often sidelined in contemporary understandings of Africa in which mainland nation-states take center stage in the crafting of historical narratives. Yet in the modern period, these small offshore spaces have often played important if inconsistent roles in facilitating intra- and intercontinental exchanges that have had lasting effects on the cultural, economic, and political landscape of Africa.In African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalism, contributors argue for the importance of Africa's islands in integrating the continent into wider networks of trade and migration that links it with Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Essays consider the cosmopolitan and culturally complex identities of Africa's islands, analyzing the process and extent to which trade, slavery, and migration bonded African elements with Asian, Arabic, and European characteristics over the years. While the continental and island nations have experienced similar cycles of invasion, boom, and bust, essayists note both similarities and striking differences in how these events precipitated economic changes in the different geographic areas. This book, a much-needed broadly comparative study of the African islands, will be an important resource for students and scholars of the region and of topics such as colonialism, economic history, and cultural hybridity. br/>TOYIN FALOLA is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. R. JOSEPH PARROTT is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio State University. DANIELLE PORTER SANCHEZ is Assistant Professor of History at Muhlenberg College., Islands and island chains like Cabo Verde, Madagascar, and Bioko are often sidelined in contemporary understandings of Africa as mainland nation-states take center stage in the crafting of historical narratives. Yet in the modern period, these small offshore spaces have often played important if inconsistent roles in facilitating intra- and intercontinental exchanges that have had lasting effects on the cultural, economic, and political landscape of Africa. In African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalism, contributors argue for the importance of Africa's islands in integrating the continent into wider networks of trade and migration that linked it with Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Essays consider the cosmopolitan and culturally complex identities of Africa's islands, analyzing the process and extent to which trade, slavery, and migration bonded African elements with Asian, Arabic, and European characteristics over the years. While the continental and island nations have experienced similar cycles of invasion, boom, and bust, essayists note both similarities and striking differences in how these events precipitated economic changes in the different geographic areas. This book, a much-needed broadly comparative study of the African islands, will be an important resources for students and scholars of the region and of topics such as colonialism, economic history, and cultural hybridity. TOYIN FALOLA is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. R. JOSEPH PARROTT is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio State University. DANIELLE PORTER SANCHEZ is Assistant Professor of History at Muhlenberg College.

LC Classification NumberDT30.5.A3645 2019