ISBN:
0-521-59760-9
,
978-0-521-59760-9
,
0-521-59226-7 /Hb.
,
978-0-521-59226-0
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 358 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 92
Uniform Title:
La _Sénégambie du XVe au XIXe siècle
Keywords:
Westafrika Senegambien
;
Senegal
;
Guinea Bissau
;
Mauretanien
;
Mali
;
Guinea
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Sklavenhandel, atlantischer
;
Handel
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonialgeschichte
Abstract:
Boubacar Barry is one of the leading figures in West African historiography. His authoritative study of 400 years of Senegambian history is unrivalled in its detailed grasp of published and unpublished materials. Taking as its subject the vast area covering the Senegal and Gambia river basins, this book explores the changing dynamics of regional and Atlantic trade, clashes between traditional African and emergent Muslim authorities, the colonial system and the slave trade, and current obstacles to the integration of the region's modern states. Professor Barry argues cogently for the integrity of the Senegambian region as a historical subject, and he forges a coherent narrative from the dismemberment and unification which characterised Senegambia's development from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This newly-translated study is a vital tool in our understanding of West African history. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- I - Senegambia from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century: a haven for incoming populations, a station for migrants on the move -- 1 - Senegambia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: dependence on the Sudan and the Sahara -- 2 - Social dynamics in Senegambia -- 3 - The Atlantic trading system and the reformation of Senegambian states from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century -- 4 - The partition of the Senegambian coast in the seventeenth century -- II - Senegambia in the eighteenth century: the slave trade, ceddo regimes and Muslim revolutions -- 5 - The slave trade in the eighteenth century -- 6 - The strengthening of ceddo regimes in the eighteenth century -- 7 - Muslim revolutions in the eighteenth century -- 8 - The impact of the slave trade: economic regression and social strife -- III - Senegambia in the first half of the nineteenth century: legitimate trade and sovereignty disputes -- 9 - The crisis of the trans-Atlantic trading system and the triumph of legitimate trade in the first half of the nineteenth century -- 10 - Popular rebellions and political and social crises in Futa Jallon -- 11 - Futa Jallon expansion into the Southern Rivers region -- 12 - The colony of Senegal and political and social crises in northern Senegambia -- 13 - Defeat of the holy warriors in northern Senegambia -- IV - Senegambia in the second half of the nineteenth century: colonial conquest and resistance movements -- 14 - Colonial imperialism and European rivalries in Senegambia -- 15 - Last-ditch resistance movements of legitimist rulers in northern Senegambia -- 16 - The conquest of the Southern Rivers region -- 17 - The balancing act of the Almamis of Timbo in their attempts to cope with centrifugal forces -- 18 - Bokar Biro and the conquest of Futa Jallon -- 19 - Mass resistance movements among the Joola and the Konyagi -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 334-349
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