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Author Derricourt, Robin M., author.

Title Inventing Africa : history, archaeology and ideas / Robin Derricourt
Published London : Pluto Press., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
Contents Preface: The construction of African pasts -- 1. The changing shape and perception of 'Africa' -- 2. Mythic and mystic Africa -- 3. Looking both ways: the enigma of Raymond Dart -- 4. Egos and fossils -- 5. Stirring the gene pool: human ancestors from Africa to the wider world -- 6. Ancient Egypt and African sources of civilisation -- 7. Old states good, new states bad -- 8. The past of the present
Summary "Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep heart. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt t the world and Africa's importance to global history"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-176) and index
Notes English
Print version record
In Academic Library
Subject Archaeology -- Africa
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Archaeology
Historiography
SUBJECT Africa -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001556
Africa -- Historiography
Subject Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011378382
ISBN 9781849645836
1849645833
1783713607
9781783713608
1785390457
9781785390456
9781783713615
1783713615