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Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]]
| Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Reid Richard J (Richard James) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 355.02096 |
| Collana | New approaches to African history |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Africa - History
Politics and war - Africa - History War and society - Africa - History War - Economic aspects - Africa - History Civil war - Africa - History Coups d'état - Africa - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-22340-7
1-139-36531-2 1-280-66378-2 9786613640710 1-139-37779-5 1-139-37493-1 1-139-04309-9 1-139-37636-5 1-139-37094-4 1-139-37922-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Warfare in African History; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: The Contours of Violence: Environment, Economy and Polity in African Warfare; Terrain and Population; War and Economic Development; Questions of Culture and Society; Fortified Centres and Mobile Frontiers: War and Polity; Further reading; CHAPTER 2: Arms in Africa's Antiquity: Patterns and Systems of Warfare, to the Early Second Millennium CE; Cavalry Empires of the Savannah; Colonisers and Converts in Northern Africa; Violence and Empire in Northeast Africa
The Bantu Diffusion and Its Politico-Military ImplicationsReflections: War and the Military in the Deep Past; Further Reading; CHAPTER 3: The Military Foundations of State and Society, to circa 1600; Expanding Horizons in North and Northeast Africa; Shifting Centres, Advancing Peripheries: Saharan and Savannah Militaries; Founding Fathers and Militarised Mythologies: War, State and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa; Reflections: The Roots of Modern Military Establishments; Further reading; CHAPTER 4: Destruction and Construction, circa 1600 to circa 1800 Merchant and Military in Atlantic Africa: The Slaving StateReform, Consolidation and Crisis: Patterns of War and Polity in Eastern and Southern Africa; Wars of Faith, Land and Livelihood; Reflections: The Local and the Global; Further reading; CHAPTER 5: Transformations in Violence: Military Revolution and the 'Long' Nineteenth Century; Defining 'Revolution'; A Revolution in the Practice and Culture of War; Conflict and Co-Option in the Age of Imperialism; Reflections: Africa's Violent Transformation; Further reading; CHAPTER 6: Revolutions Incomplete: The Old and the New in the Modern Era The Military in the Polity: National TransitionsThe Armed Frontier, Resurgent and Insurgent; Vortices of Violence: Established Patterns and New Directions in Contemporary War; Reflections: War and Peace, and History; Further reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452248303321 |
Reid Richard J (Richard James)
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]]
| Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Reid Richard J (Richard James) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 355.02096 |
| Collana | New approaches to African history |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Africa - History
Politics and war - Africa - History War and society - Africa - History War - Economic aspects - Africa - History Civil war - Africa - History Coups d'état - Africa - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-22340-7
1-139-36531-2 1-280-66378-2 9786613640710 1-139-37779-5 1-139-37493-1 1-139-04309-9 1-139-37636-5 1-139-37094-4 1-139-37922-4 |
| Classificazione | HIS001000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Warfare in African History; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: The Contours of Violence: Environment, Economy and Polity in African Warfare; Terrain and Population; War and Economic Development; Questions of Culture and Society; Fortified Centres and Mobile Frontiers: War and Polity; Further reading; CHAPTER 2: Arms in Africa's Antiquity: Patterns and Systems of Warfare, to the Early Second Millennium CE; Cavalry Empires of the Savannah; Colonisers and Converts in Northern Africa; Violence and Empire in Northeast Africa
The Bantu Diffusion and Its Politico-Military ImplicationsReflections: War and the Military in the Deep Past; Further Reading; CHAPTER 3: The Military Foundations of State and Society, to circa 1600; Expanding Horizons in North and Northeast Africa; Shifting Centres, Advancing Peripheries: Saharan and Savannah Militaries; Founding Fathers and Militarised Mythologies: War, State and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa; Reflections: The Roots of Modern Military Establishments; Further reading; CHAPTER 4: Destruction and Construction, circa 1600 to circa 1800 Merchant and Military in Atlantic Africa: The Slaving StateReform, Consolidation and Crisis: Patterns of War and Polity in Eastern and Southern Africa; Wars of Faith, Land and Livelihood; Reflections: The Local and the Global; Further reading; CHAPTER 5: Transformations in Violence: Military Revolution and the 'Long' Nineteenth Century; Defining 'Revolution'; A Revolution in the Practice and Culture of War; Conflict and Co-Option in the Age of Imperialism; Reflections: Africa's Violent Transformation; Further reading; CHAPTER 6: Revolutions Incomplete: The Old and the New in the Modern Era The Military in the Polity: National TransitionsThe Armed Frontier, Resurgent and Insurgent; Vortices of Violence: Established Patterns and New Directions in Contemporary War; Reflections: War and Peace, and History; Further reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779288503321 |
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Reid Richard J (Richard James)
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||
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]]
| Warfare in African history / / Richard J. Reid [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Reid Richard J (Richard James) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 355.02096 |
| Collana | New approaches to African history |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Africa - History
Politics and war - Africa - History War and society - Africa - History War - Economic aspects - Africa - History Civil war - Africa - History Coups d'état - Africa - History |
| ISBN |
1-107-22340-7
1-139-36531-2 1-280-66378-2 9786613640710 1-139-37779-5 1-139-37493-1 1-139-04309-9 1-139-37636-5 1-139-37094-4 1-139-37922-4 |
| Classificazione | HIS001000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Warfare in African History; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: The Contours of Violence: Environment, Economy and Polity in African Warfare; Terrain and Population; War and Economic Development; Questions of Culture and Society; Fortified Centres and Mobile Frontiers: War and Polity; Further reading; CHAPTER 2: Arms in Africa's Antiquity: Patterns and Systems of Warfare, to the Early Second Millennium CE; Cavalry Empires of the Savannah; Colonisers and Converts in Northern Africa; Violence and Empire in Northeast Africa
The Bantu Diffusion and Its Politico-Military ImplicationsReflections: War and the Military in the Deep Past; Further Reading; CHAPTER 3: The Military Foundations of State and Society, to circa 1600; Expanding Horizons in North and Northeast Africa; Shifting Centres, Advancing Peripheries: Saharan and Savannah Militaries; Founding Fathers and Militarised Mythologies: War, State and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa; Reflections: The Roots of Modern Military Establishments; Further reading; CHAPTER 4: Destruction and Construction, circa 1600 to circa 1800 Merchant and Military in Atlantic Africa: The Slaving StateReform, Consolidation and Crisis: Patterns of War and Polity in Eastern and Southern Africa; Wars of Faith, Land and Livelihood; Reflections: The Local and the Global; Further reading; CHAPTER 5: Transformations in Violence: Military Revolution and the 'Long' Nineteenth Century; Defining 'Revolution'; A Revolution in the Practice and Culture of War; Conflict and Co-Option in the Age of Imperialism; Reflections: Africa's Violent Transformation; Further reading; CHAPTER 6: Revolutions Incomplete: The Old and the New in the Modern Era The Military in the Polity: National TransitionsThe Armed Frontier, Resurgent and Insurgent; Vortices of Violence: Established Patterns and New Directions in Contemporary War; Reflections: War and Peace, and History; Further reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822824303321 |
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Reid Richard J (Richard James)
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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