East Africa : an introductory history /
Maxon, Robert M.
East Africa : an introductory history / Robert. M. Maxon. - third and rev. edition. - Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 328 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""East African Geography""; ""Topography""; ""Climate""; ""Vegitation and Soil""; ""The Peopleing of East Africa to c.1000 A.D.""; ""Early Stone Age""; ""Middle Stone Age""; ""Late Stone Age""; ""Populations and Languages of East Africa""; ""Food Production and Iron Working""; ""The Early Iron Age and Bantu Migrations""; ""Early Nilotic Migrations""; ""Population Interaction and Absorption""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Coast to 1800""; ""The Coastal Plain""; ""Azania: The Coast to 1000 A.D.""; ""The Swahili Period: 1000-1500"" ""The Coming of Portuguese Dominance: 1500-1600""""The Decline of Portuguese Control: 1600-1700""; ""The Omani Period at the Coast: 1700�1800""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Interior: c.1000 to 1650""; ""Uganda""; ""The Rise of the Interlacustrine Kingdoms: Bunyoro-Kitara""; ""Origin of the Kingdom of Nkore""; ""Buganda Origins""; ""Lwoo Migrations into Uganda""; ""Lwoo Migrations within East Africa""; ""Kenya""; ""Highlands Nilotes""; ""Plains Nilotes""; ""Bantu and River-Lake Nilotes of Western Kenya: the Luhya and Luo""; ""The Thagicu Peoples"" ""Mainland Tanzania""""West Lake Region: the Haya States""; ""West Central Tanzania: the Ntemi Chieftaincies""; ""Eastern Tanzania""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Interior from 1650 to 1850""; ""Uganda""; ""Bunyoro-Kitara""; ""Kabarega and the Rejuvenation of Bunyoro""; ""Buganda: Territorial Expansion""; ""Centralization and Strengthening of the Monarchy in Buganda""; ""The Kingdom of Nkore""; ""The Kingdom of Toro""; ""Lwoo-Speaking Communities""; ""Karamojong-Teso Movements""; ""Kenya""; ""Highlands Nilotes""; ""Plains Nilotes"" ""Western Kenya: the Luhya, Luo, and Gusii""""The Thagicu Peoples: Kikuyu and Kamba""; ""Mainland Tanzania""; ""Northwestern Tanzania""; ""Northeastern Tanzania""; ""Southern and Western Tanzania: the Coming of the Ngoni""; ""Long Distance Trade in Tanzania""; ""West-Central Tanzania: Trade and Political Centralization""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""East Africa and the Wider World in the Nineteenth Century""; ""Oman and the East African Coast""; ""Seyyid Said and Zanzibar""; ""Economic Impact of Nineteenth Century Trade""; ""Growth of External Commerce"" ""Anti-Slave Trade Impetus to European Involvement in East Africa""""Missionary Impetus to European Involvement in East Africa""; ""Christian Missions and Buganda""; ""European Adventurers as Precursors to European Involvment in East Africa""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The Scramble for East Africa""; ""Britain and Zanzibar: “Informal Empire�""; ""Egypt and the Scramble for East Africa""; ""Germany Enters East Africa""; ""Charted Companies and the Scramble for Uganda""; ""From Chartered Companies to Protectorates""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""
9781933202839
Africa, East--History.
"Multi-User"
Electronic Books.
DT363 / .E278 2009
East Africa : an introductory history / Robert. M. Maxon. - third and rev. edition. - Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 328 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""East African Geography""; ""Topography""; ""Climate""; ""Vegitation and Soil""; ""The Peopleing of East Africa to c.1000 A.D.""; ""Early Stone Age""; ""Middle Stone Age""; ""Late Stone Age""; ""Populations and Languages of East Africa""; ""Food Production and Iron Working""; ""The Early Iron Age and Bantu Migrations""; ""Early Nilotic Migrations""; ""Population Interaction and Absorption""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Coast to 1800""; ""The Coastal Plain""; ""Azania: The Coast to 1000 A.D.""; ""The Swahili Period: 1000-1500"" ""The Coming of Portuguese Dominance: 1500-1600""""The Decline of Portuguese Control: 1600-1700""; ""The Omani Period at the Coast: 1700�1800""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Interior: c.1000 to 1650""; ""Uganda""; ""The Rise of the Interlacustrine Kingdoms: Bunyoro-Kitara""; ""Origin of the Kingdom of Nkore""; ""Buganda Origins""; ""Lwoo Migrations into Uganda""; ""Lwoo Migrations within East Africa""; ""Kenya""; ""Highlands Nilotes""; ""Plains Nilotes""; ""Bantu and River-Lake Nilotes of Western Kenya: the Luhya and Luo""; ""The Thagicu Peoples"" ""Mainland Tanzania""""West Lake Region: the Haya States""; ""West Central Tanzania: the Ntemi Chieftaincies""; ""Eastern Tanzania""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The East African Interior from 1650 to 1850""; ""Uganda""; ""Bunyoro-Kitara""; ""Kabarega and the Rejuvenation of Bunyoro""; ""Buganda: Territorial Expansion""; ""Centralization and Strengthening of the Monarchy in Buganda""; ""The Kingdom of Nkore""; ""The Kingdom of Toro""; ""Lwoo-Speaking Communities""; ""Karamojong-Teso Movements""; ""Kenya""; ""Highlands Nilotes""; ""Plains Nilotes"" ""Western Kenya: the Luhya, Luo, and Gusii""""The Thagicu Peoples: Kikuyu and Kamba""; ""Mainland Tanzania""; ""Northwestern Tanzania""; ""Northeastern Tanzania""; ""Southern and Western Tanzania: the Coming of the Ngoni""; ""Long Distance Trade in Tanzania""; ""West-Central Tanzania: Trade and Political Centralization""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""East Africa and the Wider World in the Nineteenth Century""; ""Oman and the East African Coast""; ""Seyyid Said and Zanzibar""; ""Economic Impact of Nineteenth Century Trade""; ""Growth of External Commerce"" ""Anti-Slave Trade Impetus to European Involvement in East Africa""""Missionary Impetus to European Involvement in East Africa""; ""Christian Missions and Buganda""; ""European Adventurers as Precursors to European Involvment in East Africa""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""The Scramble for East Africa""; ""Britain and Zanzibar: “Informal Empire�""; ""Egypt and the Scramble for East Africa""; ""Germany Enters East Africa""; ""Charted Companies and the Scramble for Uganda""; ""From Chartered Companies to Protectorates""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""
9781933202839
Africa, East--History.
"Multi-User"
Electronic Books.
DT363 / .E278 2009