The World and a Very Small Place in Africa : A History of Globalization in Niumi, the Gambia (Paperback, 3 New edition)

Part I. Background, Before A.D. 1446; 1. The Global Setting for Niumi's History, Before A.D. 1446; 2. Niumi in a Restructuring World System, Before A.D. 1446; Part II. The Precolonial Period, 1446-1816; 3. Niumi Between Two Systems: Waxing Atlantic Trade, Continuing Sudanic Trade, 1446-1600; 4. Niumi at the Height of the Atlantic Complex, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Part III. The Colonial Period, 1816-1965; 5. A Time of Transition in Niumi, 1816-1897; 6. Niumi as Part of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate, 1897-1965; Part IV. The Postcolonial Period: Independence or In Dependence? 1965-2003; 7. Independent Niumi in the First Republic of The Gambia, 1965-1994; 8. Niumi in the Recent Wave of Globalization: The Second Republic, 1994-2009.