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Telephone: (617) 552-3792 Office Location: 21 Campanella Way, 418 Email: david.northrup@bc.edu Curriculum Vitae: please click here Website: http://www2.bc.edu/~northrup |
Education
Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1974
Fields of Interest
History of Sub-Saharan Africa; world history; labor and migration
Academic Profile
Professor Northrup teaches courses on the history of sub-Saharan Africa, Atlantic history, globalization, and world history. His research has dealt with pre-colonial Nigeria, early colonial Congo, the Atlantic slave trade, Asian and African indentured labor migration, and African encounters with Europe in the pre-colonial era. His work has included British, Belgian, and French colonialism in Africa. He served as President of the World History Association during 2004 and 2005.
.Representative Publications
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Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic, 1770-1965: A Brief History with Documents (2007)
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The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, 3rd ed. (co-author, 2004)
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Africa's Discovery of Europe, 1450-1850 (2002)
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The Atlantic Slave Trade, compiler and editor, 2002
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Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism, 1834-1922 (1995)
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Beyond the Bend in the River: African Labor in Eastern Zaire, 1865-1940 (1988)
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Trade Without Rulers: Pre-Colonial Economic Development in South-Eastern Nigeria (1978)