Asante and its neighbours, 1700-1807
1971, First Edition. Harlow : Longman. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Upper fore-edge shows a stain, with text unaffected. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #479640
ISBN: 0582646111
Series; Legon History Series. Physical description; xiii, 175 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Based on the author's doctoral thesis, University of London, 1964. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The Gold Coast in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries -- The Rise of Asante -- Asante Under Opoku Ware, 1720-1750 -- Asante, 1750-1764: Years of Inaction? -- The Reign of Osei Kwadwo, 1764-1777 -- The Asante Drive to the Coast, 1777-1807 -- Conclusion. Subjects; Ashanti (Kingdom) History, 18th century. Ashanti (Kingdom) Foreign relations History, 18th century. Ghana History, To 1957.
Price: €85.00