Trans-Saharan Africa in world history / (Record no. 575918)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UG-KaMUL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250614154406.0 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2009-034133 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195337884 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0195337883 (pbk.) |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | YDX |
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 966 |
| Edition information | 22 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | MISR 966 AUS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Austen, Ralph A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Trans-Saharan Africa in world history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ralph A. Austen. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 157 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The new Oxford world history |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction to the Sahara: From Desert Barrier to Global Highway -- 2. Caravan Commerce and African Economies -- 3. Ruling the Sahara a nd Its "Shores" -- 4. Islam -- 5. Islamicate Culture -- 6. European Col onialism: Disruption and Continuity of Trans-Saharan Links. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth century CE arrival of Islam in North Africa to the early twentieth-century bui lding of European colonial railroads that linked the Sudan with the Atl antic--the Sahara was one of the world's great commercial highways, bri nging gold, slaves, and other commodities northward and sending both ma nufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan. Hi storian Ralph A. Austen here tells the remarkable story of an African w orld that grew out of more than one thousand years of trans-Saharan tra ding. Perhaps the most enduring impact of this trade and the common cul tural reference point of trans-Saharan Africa was Islam. Austen traces this faith in its various forms--as a legal system for regulating trad e, an inspiration for reformist movements, and a vehicle of literacy an d cosmopolitan knowledge. He also analyzes the impact of European overs eas expansion, which marginalized trans-Saharan commerce in global term s but stimulated its local growth. Indeed, trans-Saharan culture not on ly adapted to colonial changes, but often thrived upon them, remaining a potent force into the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "This book tells the story of an African world that grew out of more than one thousand years of trans-Saharan trade linking the Mediterrane an lands of North Africa with the internal Sudanic grasslands stretchin g from the Nile River to the Atlantic Ocean. It traces the early role o f the Sahara, the globe's largest desert, as a divider that separated t hese two regions into very different worlds. During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth-century CE Arab invasions of North Af rica to the early-twentieth-century building of European colonial railr oads that linked the Sudan with the Atlantic--the Sahara became one of the world's great commercial highways. The most enduring impact of this trade and the common cultural reference point of trans-Saharan Africa was Islam. This faith played various roles throughout the region, as a legal system for regulating trade, an inspiration for reformist religio us-political movements, and a vehicle of literacy and cosmopolitan know ledge that inspired creativity--often of a very unorthodox kind--within the various ethno-linguistic communities of the region. From the mid-1 400s, European voyages to the coast of West and Central Africa provided an alternative international trade route that marginalized trans-Sahar an commerce in global terms but stimulated its accelerated local growth . Inland territorial conquest by France and Britain in the 1800s and ea rly 1900s brought more serious disruptions. Trans-Saharan culture, howe ver, not only adapted to these colonial and postcolonial changes but of ten thrived upon them to remain a living force well into the twenty-fir st century"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Trade routes |
| Geographic subdivision | Sahara |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Sahara. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Islam |
| Geographic subdivision | Sahara |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Sahara. |
| 852 ## - LOCATION | |
| Former shelving location | MISR |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books - Open Access |
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