Brooks, George E., Jr.
BROOKS, George E., Jr.
BROOKS, George E., Jr. American, b. 1933. Genres: History. Career: Professor of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1975- (Asst Professor, 1962-68; Associate Professor, 1968-75); International Journal of African Historical Studies, Editorial Advisory Board, 1968-97; Liberian Studies Journal, 1968-77. Publications: (ed. with N.R. Bennett) New England Merchants in Africa: A History through Documents, 1802-1865, 1965; Yankee Traders, Old Coasters and Africa Middlemen: A History of American Legitimate Trade with West Africa in the Nineteenth Century, 1970; The Kru Mariner in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Compendium, 1972; Themes in African and World History, 1973, 1983; Western Africa to c. 1860 A.D.: A Provisional Historical Schema Based on Climate Periods, 1985; Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630, 1993; Eurafricans in Western Africa: Commerce Social Status, Gender, and Religious Observance from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century, 2003. Address: Dept. of History, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 742, 1020 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, U.S.A. Online address: brooksg@indiana.edu