State Formation in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2296016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aidan Southall (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 153-165 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.an.03.100174.001101 |
| OpenAlex | W2174199428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 13 |
9539 Africa is tremendously important in the recent study of the state, not only because more new nation states were formed in Africa during the 1960s than had been formed in the rest of the world for many centuries, but also because immediately pre-colonial Africa, at the end ofthe nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, offered more examples of emergent states than any other region of the world. This was because in other continents such as Asia or even Europe most of the smaller states of this type had long been absorbed into larger empires, while in aboriginal Australia state forms never evolved at all, and in the vast area of pre-Colombian America they were only achieved in the limited areas
Geography · Political science · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science
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Political Systems of Highland Burma
Formation of the State
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On the Study of Social Change
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2026 (49) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |