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UNINA9910806806403321 |
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Autore |
Candido Mariana P (Mariana Pinho), <1975-> |
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An African slaving port and the Atlantic world : Benguela and its hinterland / / Mariana P. Candido [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-23476-X |
1-107-32672-9 |
1-107-33244-3 |
1-107-33648-1 |
1-107-33316-4 |
0-511-99759-0 |
1-107-33482-9 |
1-299-39988-6 |
1-107-33565-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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African studies ; ; [124] |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slave trade - Angola - Benguela - History |
Benguela (Angola) History |
Benguela (Angola) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contacts, competition, and copper : Benguela until 1710 -- The rise of an Atlantic port, 1710-1850 -- Benguela and the South Atlantic World -- Mechanisms of enslavement -- Political reconfiguration of the Benguela hinterland, 1600-1850. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective, |
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