Table Of Content

In the Realms of Gold CopyrightedMaterial Roland Oliverat thegatewayofthe acropolisat Great Zimbabwe, 1993 CopyrightedMaterial In the Realms of Gold Pioneering in African History Roland Oliver THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS CopyrightedMaterial The University ofWisconsin Press 2537 Daniels Street Madison, Wisconsin 53718 Copyrighr© 1997 Roland Oliver All rights reserved 3 542 Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oliver, Roland Anthony. In the realms ofgold: pioneering in African history/ Roland Oliver. 440 pp. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-15650-8 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-299-15654-0 (pbk. :alk. paper). 1. Oliver, Roland Anthony. 2. Africanists-United States-Biography. 3. Historians-United States-Biography. I. Title. DT 19.7.045A3 1997 960'.On02-dc21 [B] 97-7117 CopyrightedMaterial In Loving Memory ofCaroline Oliver Faithful Companion and Fellow /lfricanist 1909-1983 CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Much have I travelled in the realms ofgold And manygoodly states and empires seen -John Keats CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Contents Illustrations Xl Maps XIII Preface xv I. AChild ofthe Raj (1923-30) 3 2. Unwillingly to School (1930-36) 15 3. Stowe and King's (1936-42) 22 4. Most Secret War (1942-45) 34 5. TwoTowards Africa (1945-48) 44 6. The First Exposure (1948-49) 57 7. Three Kingdoms (1949) 74 8. Pastoral Pursuits (1950) 90 9. To LakeTanganyika and Back (1950) 101 10. The Martial Races (1950) 111 1I. The East African Horizon (1950) 126 12. Taking Stock (1950-53) 137 13. The Political Kingdom (1953-55) 147 14. AChair Declined (1955-57) 159 15. Introduction to West Africa (1957) 171 16. West to East (1958) 183 17. East Africa Revisited (1958) 201 18. East to South (1958) 215 19. Full Throttle (1958-60) 225 20. Spreading the Word (1960-62) 243 2I. New World Awakening (1962) 258 22. The Crest ofthe Wave (1962-63) 269 23. The Start ofthe Marathon (1964-65) 287 24. The Lions ofJudah (1965-66) 300 25. ScholarlyWanderings (1967-68) 312 26. RevoltingStudents (1968-72) 328 IX CopyrightedMaterial

Description:
Over the last fifty years, Roland Oliver has been both a witness to the post-colonial history of Africa and a preeminent scholar of the continent’s pre-colonial history. Oliver was a young Cambridge graduate in 1947 when he took a newly created position at the University of London to research, and
ebook img

In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History PDF

442 Pages·1997·77.65 MB·English
by  Roland Oliver
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Upgrade Premium
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History

In the Realms of Gold CopyrightedMaterial Roland Oliverat thegatewayofthe acropolisat Great Zimbabwe, 1993 CopyrightedMaterial In the Realms of Gold Pioneering in African History Roland Oliver THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS CopyrightedMaterial The University ofWisconsin Press 2537 Daniels Street Madison, Wisconsin 53718 Copyrighr© 1997 Roland Oliver All rights reserved 3 542 Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oliver, Roland Anthony. In the realms ofgold: pioneering in African history/ Roland Oliver. 440 pp. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-15650-8 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-299-15654-0 (pbk. :alk. paper). 1. Oliver, Roland Anthony. 2. Africanists-United States-Biography. 3. Historians-United States-Biography. I. Title. DT 19.7.045A3 1997 960'.On02-dc21 [B] 97-7117 CopyrightedMaterial In Loving Memory ofCaroline Oliver Faithful Companion and Fellow /lfricanist 1909-1983 CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Much have I travelled in the realms ofgold And manygoodly states and empires seen -John Keats CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Contents Illustrations Xl Maps XIII Preface xv I. AChild ofthe Raj (1923-30) 3 2. Unwillingly to School (1930-36) 15 3. Stowe and King's (1936-42) 22 4. Most Secret War (1942-45) 34 5. TwoTowards Africa (1945-48) 44 6. The First Exposure (1948-49) 57 7. Three Kingdoms (1949) 74 8. Pastoral Pursuits (1950) 90 9. To LakeTanganyika and Back (1950) 101 10. The Martial Races (1950) 111 1I. The East African Horizon (1950) 126 12. Taking Stock (1950-53) 137 13. The Political Kingdom (1953-55) 147 14. AChair Declined (1955-57) 159 15. Introduction to West Africa (1957) 171 16. West to East (1958) 183 17. East Africa Revisited (1958) 201 18. East to South (1958) 215 19. Full Throttle (1958-60) 225 20. Spreading the Word (1960-62) 243 2I. New World Awakening (1962) 258 22. The Crest ofthe Wave (1962-63) 269 23. The Start ofthe Marathon (1964-65) 287 24. The Lions ofJudah (1965-66) 300 25. ScholarlyWanderings (1967-68) 312 26. RevoltingStudents (1968-72) 328 IX CopyrightedMaterial

Description:
Over the last fifty years, Roland Oliver has been both a witness to the post-colonial history of Africa and a preeminent scholar of the continent’s pre-colonial history. Oliver was a young Cambridge graduate in 1947 when he took a newly created position at the University of London to research, and
See more

The list of books you might like

Upgrade Premium
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.
DMCA & Copyright: Dear all, most of the website is community built, users are uploading hundred of books everyday, which makes really hard for us to identify copyrighted material, please contact us if you want any material removed.
Copyright @ PDFdrive.to, 2022 | We love our users