Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2942539 in Books
- Published on: 1995-12-31
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 253 pages
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Synopsis
First published by Heinemann Educational Books in 1977, this reissue appears with a new introduction and updated bibliography. Kjekshus (formerly, political science, U. of Dar es Salaam) suggests that the 19th century was a period of relative prosperity in East Africa and questions the view that warfare was pervasive and that the slave trade led to