Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt
Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt

Author: Alan Mikhail

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-04-11

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1139499556

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In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book charts how changes in the control of natural resources fundamentally altered the nature of Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Egypt and throughout the empire. In revealing how Egyptian peasants were able to use their knowledge and experience of local environments to force the hand of the imperial state, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt tells a story of the connections of empire stretching from canals in the Egyptian countryside to the palace in Istanbul, from the forests of Anatolia to the shores of the Red Sea, and from a plague flea's bite to the fortunes of one of the most powerful states of the early modern world.

The Frontier States of Western Yorubaland
The Frontier States of Western Yorubaland

Author: Biodun Adediran

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9782015253

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The Yorùbá are one of the peoples of West Africa affected by the demarcation of territories by European powers at the close of the nineteenth century. Although the bulk of the people are now found in South-western Nigeria, impressive indigenous Yorùbá communities are in the neighbouring Republics of Benin and Togo. This book is primarily concerned with the Yorùbá sub-groups in the latter two countries. The intention is to trace, with the aid of verbally transmitted historical source materials, supplemented with available written data, the pre-colonial socio-political developments of the subgroups.

Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country. Memorials of Anna Hinderer
Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country. Memorials of Anna Hinderer

Author: Anna Martin 1827-1870 Hinderer

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019395325

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Compiled by Anna Martin Hinderer, with additions by C.A. and D. Hone, Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country is a fascinating memoir of Anna's time living and working among the Yoruba people in Nigeria in the late 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Topics in West African History
Topics in West African History

Author: A. Adu Boahen

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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This new edition of Topics in West African History has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the requirements of senior secondary and first year university students. This edition contains.-24 chapters cover the entire history of West Africa from the spread of Islam to the present day.-New maps illustrate the major themes of west African history.-Main political facts of Wet Africa since independence are summarized in an easy-to-remember table.

Governance and Border Security in Africa
Governance and Border Security in Africa

Author: Celestine Oyom Bassey

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9788422071

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The need, therefore, for effective governance through border security regimes arises from the intractable challenges of conflict management as a core objective of multilateral institutions and non-governmental agencies in global governance. Thus, governance along the Frontier has come to be "marked by density and complexity". This density and complexity in frontier relations under-score the disciplinary concern for border governance. --Book Jacket.

Benin Studies
Benin Studies

Author: R. E. Bradbury

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1351031244

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This collection of R. E. Bradbury's papers, originally published in 1973 includes edited sections of his (then hitherto) unpublished thesis on the Benin village in Western Nigeria. The book is arranged in 3 parts: historical and political studies of the kingdom of Benin; Benin village organization and religion and art. An introduction by Peter Morton-Williams traces bradbury's development as an interpreter of the culture, society and art of Benin, beginning with his first studies in the filed and culminating in the important anthropological and historical essays.