In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History by Roland Oliver - 1997-10-15

Still shrinkwrapped but has tear in wrap on back/bottom.

Madiison: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1997. 425pp. Index, Notes, Illus. Light soiling, wear extremities, rubbing wraps.. Paperback. VG-.

Madison, WI, U.S.A.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

University of Wisconsin Press , pp. 448, 8 Maps . Papeback. Used.

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ISBN: 9780299156541
University of Wisconsin Press, 15 October 1997
Paperback, 448 pages
Over the last fifty years, Roland Oliver has been both a witness to the post-colonial history of Africa and a preeminent scholar of the continent's pre-colonial history. Oliver was a young Cambridge graduate in 1947 when he took a newly created position at the University of London to research, and eventually teach, the pre-colonial history of Africa. Seeking from the outset to establish a unified conception of African history free from European frameworks, Oliver and his colleague John Fage went on to write the influential A Short History of Africa, found the Journal of African History, and co-edit the eight-volume Cambridge History of Africa. In the Realms of Gold is Oliver's account of his life and work. He writes in a deft and lively style about the circumstances of his early life that shaped his education and outlook: his childhood on a river houseboat in Kashmir, the influential teachers and friends met at… Read More

U.S.A.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1997 The cover has a little wear and the page edges are a bit tanned. 425 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

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Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1997. Paperback. New. 425 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.00 inches.