Africa and the Expansion of International Society: Surrendering the Savannah

ISBN-13: 9780415662000 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 186 str.

John Anthony Pella Jr

Opis

This text offers a critique and reappraisal, presenting a series of case studies which trace how the expansion process evolved over the course of modern West-Central African and Western European history. Framed around the issue of Euro-centrism, the author brings together contemporary world history, historical sociology, and English school scholarship to take the study further back in history and place African international relations at the centre of inquiry.

Spis treści

1. Introduction, 2. Studying the expansion of international society, 3. Towards a deeper empirical and theoretical understanding, 4. The West-Central African system, 1300-1434, 5. Constructing the trans-Atlantic slave trade, 1434-1820, 6. The obligation to civilize, 1775-1875, 7. Competition and colonization, 1859-1900, 8. Conclusion

O autorze

John Anthony Pella, Jr. is a Research Fellow at the Department of Diplomacy in the School for International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China.