How Long to Read Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa

How Long Does it Take to Read Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa by Edward A. Alpers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Professor Shepperson says of this regional economic history of East Central Africa that it is a "refreshing combination of a scholarly survey of a relatively new field of African history and of a contribution to an important controversy on African underdevelopment." Alpers has written a history of the penetration and changing character of international trade in East Central Africa from the fifteenth to the later nineteenth century. His study focuses on a vast and little known region that includes southern Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Malawi, with extension north along the Swahili coast and west as far as the Lunda state of the Mwata Kazembe. He examines both the competition between traders and their internal impact on the various societies of East Central Africa. Alpers' main concern is to demonstrate that the historical roots of underdevelopment in the area are to be found 'in the system of international trade which was initiated by Arabs in the fifteenth century, seized and extended by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, dominated by a complex mixture of Indian, Arab and Western capitalisms in the nineteenth century'. Thus this readable and original book places East African trading systems within the larger Western Indian Ocean system and in the world capitalist system. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

How long is Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa?

Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa by Edward A. Alpers is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa aloud.

What Reading Level is Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa?

Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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