Author:
Maxon, Robert M.
Edition Statement:3rd and rev. ed.
Imprint:Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxv, 328 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Note:East African geography -- The peopling of East Africa to c. 1000 AD -- The East African coast to 1800 -- The East African interior : c. 1000 to 1650 -- The East African interior from the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth century -- East Africa and the wider world in the nineteenth century -- The scramble for East Africa -- The establishment of European rule : 1890s to 1914 -- East Africa from the First World War to the Second : 1914-1939 -- The rise of nationalism and achievement of independence in East Africa : 1939-1963 -- Independent East Africa, 1960s to 1990s.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
