The World and a Very Small Place in Africa
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Donald R., PUBLISHER: M.E. Sharpe, This study looks ong>atong> the effects of "global" phenomena -- trans-Saharan trade, European expansion, the rise of an ong>Atong>lantic plantong>atong>ion complex, industrializong>atong>ion, imperialism, colonialism, world wars, growth of a world market, political independence and economic dependence -- on the way of life in Niumi, a small area ong>atong> the mouth of the Gambia river in West Africa (now called The Gambia), over the last six-seven hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, and drawing on archival and oral traditions, the ong>workong> considers global developments from a local/regional perspective.