Paul Nugent

Gebundenes Buch

Boundaries, Communities and State-Making in West Africa

Beschreibung

By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.

Autor

Paul Nugent is Professor of Comparative African History and is located in both the the Centre of African Studies and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on borders, but also on Ghanaian politics, post-colonial African history and the history of South African wine. His books include African Since Independence: A Comparative History (2nd edition, 2012) and A Decade of Ghana: Politics, Economy and Society, 2004-2013 (with M. Amoah, K. Aning and N. Annan, 2015). Nugent was the co-editor of the Journal of Modern African Studies from 2012 until 2017, alongside Leo Villalón, and has since joined the editorial board of this journal. He is also the founder and chair of the African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 638
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1061g
• ISBN-13: 9781107020689
• ISBN-10: 1107020689
• Artikelnr.: 54802301