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    Western African History, Volume 1

    Robert O. Collins

    This volume discusses 500 years of western African history, beginning with the writings of travellers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus and Mungo Park. Topics covered include: religious wars; the trans-Sahara and…

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    African History v. 2; Eastern African History

    Robert O. Collins

    This volume covers 3000 years in the history of eastern Africa. It features reports on: the ancient kingdoms of Ethiopia and Kush; ancient and medieval trade routes; the history of…

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    African History v. 3; Central and South African History

    Robert O. Collins

    A history of Central and South Africa. Beginning with the kingdoms of the Congo in the 14th and 15th century, and their histories, this volume analyzes the influence and pressures…

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    Problems in African History: Volume III: Problems in the History of Modern Africa

    Presents the important issues in the study of modern Africa such as: Decolonization and the End of Empire; Democracy and the Nation-State; Epidemics in Africa: The Human and Financial Costs…

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    Historical Dictionary of Pre-Colonial Africa

    Robert O. Collins

    Collins seeks to familiarize the reader with pre-colonial Africa, the Africa that began with the migrations of the Bantu from their homeland in 500 B.C. and ended with European control…

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    The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-88

    Robert O. Collins

    A history of the science of hydrology as applied to the Nile, whose annual flows can produce acute drought or disastrous floods. The author makes it clear that the decisive…

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    Africa: A Short History

    Robert O. Collins

    Attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This book offers an account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions…

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    The Southern Sudan in Historical Perspective

    Robert O. Collins

    Robert O. Collins is one of the most prolific authors on Africa, the Sudan, and the Nile.

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    The Southern Sudan in Historical Perspective

    Robert O. Collins

    Robert O. Collins is one of the most prolific authors on Africa, the Sudan, and the Nile

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    Africa: A Short History

    Robert O. Collins

    Attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This book offers an account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions…

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    Documents from the African Past

    Robert O. Collins

    This work surveys major issues in African history through historical document in chronological order.

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    The Nile

    Robert O. Collins

    The Nile is the longest river in the world, and throughout history its banks have been home to many peoples, from Bantu cultivators to Egyptians. In this text, Robert Collins…

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    A History of Modern Sudan

    Robert O. Collins (University of California, Santa Barbara)

    Robert Collins traces Sudan’s history across two hundred years to show how recent tragic events are rooted in the past. He argues that the country’s religious and ethnic divides, in…

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    A History of Modern Sudan

    Robert O. Collins (University of California, Santa Barbara)

    Robert Collins traces Sudan’s history across two hundred years to show how recent tragic events are rooted in the past. He argues that the country’s religious and ethnic divides, in…

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    Problems in African History: Volume I: The Precolonial Centuries

    An updated 2013 edition of the classic reader by Robert O. Collins. This collection covers the major problems in the field, incorporating classic texts, the newest research, and recent controversies…

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    Problems in African History

    Covering the major problems in the field, this text offers the full spectrum of emotionally charged theories, presenting conflicting arguments that illustrate the ongoing debates on what are controversial issues…

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    Requiem For The Sudan: War, Drought, And Disaster Relief On The Nile

    J. Millard Burr,Robert O. Collins,J Millard Burr

    This book illustrates with great clarity the convoluted relationship that relief agencies had with the Sudanese government as they tried to negotiate the means of survival for the area’s desperate…

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    Problems in African History: Volume II: Historical Problems of Imperial Africa

    The newly updated and expanded second volume in this fascinating series examines: The Partition of Africa; Collaboration or Resistance to European Rule in Africa; Colonial Rule in Africa; Educating the…

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    Prefrontal Cortex: Developmental Differences, Executive & Cognitive Functions & Role in Neurological Disorders

    The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas and has been implicated in planning…

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    Sudan in Turmoil: Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1889-2003

    J. Millard Burr,Robert O. Collins

    Throughout the 1990s, the Sudanese intellectual Hasan al-Turabi dominated not just domestic policy, during which time Sudan was transformed into an Islamic nation, but also foreign policy. In a power…

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    An Arabian Diary

    Sir Gilbert Clyaton

    This personal diary of six months of diplomacy and travel in Arabia represents and impressive document to the quiet ability and resourcefulness of one of Great Britain’s leading officials in…

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    An Arabian Diary

    Sir Gilbert Clyaton

    This personal diary of six months of diplomacy and travel in Arabia represents and impressive document to the quiet ability and resourcefulness of one of Great Britain’s leading officials in…

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    The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988

    Robert O. Collins (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara)

    The hydropolitics of the Nile Valley are the most important issue today for the future of the inhabitants of Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia and East Africa. This is a study…

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    Requiem For The Sudan: War, Drought, And Disaster Relief On The Nile

    J. Millard Burr,Robert O Collins,J Millard Burr

    This book illustrates with great clarity the convoluted relationship that relief agencies had with the Sudanese government as they tried to negotiate the means of survival for the area’s desperate…

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    The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century

    Edward William Bovill

    An account of the golden trade of the Moors, and a source book on Saharan trade routes, caravan organization and Sudanese history. The author covers anthropology and economic geography as…

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    A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Robert O. Collins,James M. Burns (Clemson University, South Carolina)

    The second edition of A History of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to provide an accessible introduction to the continent’s history for students and general readers. It places events and developments that…

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    A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Robert O. Collins,James M. Burns (Clemson University, South Carolina)

    The second edition of A History of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to provide an accessible introduction to the continent’s history for students and general readers. It places events and developments that…

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