African Studies / History

 

The Image of Africa
British Ideas and Action, 1780–1850, Volumes I and II
Philip D. Curtin

"For the light it sheds on . . . the new Africa as well as the old, [this work] should be read by everyone concerned with the continent's affairs."
—Africa Report

In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtin sought to
discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780–1850.

Philip D. Curtin, author of The Atlantic Slave Trade and Two Jamaicas, is emeritus professor of history and African studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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cover of Image of Africa, vol. 1 shows an old illustration of an event in Africa

Back in print
September 2004 LC: 64-010922 DT
Volume 1
304 pp.,  5 1/2 x 8 1/2
23 illus., 21 maps
ISBN 0-299-83025-X Paper $24.95 x

cover of Images of Africa, vol. 2 also shows an old illustration of an event in Africa

Back in print
September 2004 LC: 64-010922 DT
Volume 2
238 pp.,  5 1/2 x 8 1/2
9 illus., 2 maps
ISBN 0-299-83026-8 Paper $24.95 x


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