LEADER 02825nam 2200565 450 001 9910797244403321 005 20230126212956.0 010 $a0-253-01661-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000431007 035 $a(EBL)2069795 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001497281 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12631614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497281 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11494508 035 $a(PQKB)10418488 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2069795 035 $a(OCoLC)911054587 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48536 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2069795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11066383 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL798962 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000431007 100 $a20150624h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrica's past, our future /$fKathleen R. Smythe 210 1$aBloomington, [Indiana] ;$aIndianapolis, [Indiana] :$cIndiana University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-01655-X 311 $a0-253-01647-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $tThe longue duree --$tHumanity's African origins --$tEarly subsistence : gathering-hunting and agriculture --$tEarly adaptation : climate change and pastoralism --$tNew ideas and tradition --$tAfrican institutions in the middle time frame --$tForms of political authority : heterarchy --$tForms of social organization : matriliny --$tRecent history and politics --$tAfrican views on colonialism and development assistance (with Heidi Frontani) --$tAfrican contributions : economics, politics, and society (with Heidi Frontani) --$tAn African success story : Somaliland. 330 $aAfrica's Past, Our Future engages the history of the African continent through the perspective of global issues such as political instability, economic development, and climate change. Since the past may offer alternative models for thinking about our collective future, this book promotes an appreciation for African social, economic, and political systems that have endured over the long-term and that offer different ways of thinking about a sustainable future. Introducing readers to the wide variety of sources from which African history is constructed, the book's ten chapters cover human evolu 607 $aAfrica$xHistory 607 $aAfrica$xCivilization 607 $aAfrica$xSocial life and customs 676 $a960 700 $aSmythe$b Kathleen R.$f1966-$01484053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797244403321 996 $aAfrica's past, our future$93702563 997 $aUNINA