David Birmingham

1.5k total citations
62 papers, 574 citations indexed

About

David Birmingham is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, David Birmingham has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 574 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Anthropology, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in David Birmingham's work include African history and culture studies (34 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (17 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (13 papers). David Birmingham is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (34 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (17 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (13 papers). David Birmingham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Mexico. David Birmingham's co-authors include Phyllis M. Martin, Richard Gray, Marika Sherwood, Colin Newbury, Richard Rathbone, Landeg White, Richard Gray, Margaret L. Bates, Malyn Newitt and Gerhard Seibert and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, International Affairs and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

David Birmingham

57 papers receiving 404 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Birmingham United Kingdom	14	270	237	108	54	42	62	574
Sam C. Nolutshungu United Kingdom	7	229 0.8×	327 1.4×	123 1.1×	21 0.4×	39 0.9×	26	562
Malyn Newitt United Kingdom	14	381 1.4×	261 1.1×	119 1.1×	42 0.8×	68 1.6×	56	668
Philip S. Zachernuk Canada	9	225 0.8×	239 1.0×	75 0.7×	33 0.6×	38 0.9×	19	458
Edward A. Alpers United States	15	619 2.3×	275 1.2×	133 1.2×	26 0.5×	50 1.2×	78	836
MICHAEL TWADDLE United Kingdom	12	182 0.7×	302 1.3×	146 1.4×	32 0.6×	43 1.0×	54	537
Sandra T. Barnes United States	10	134 0.5×	183 0.8×	82 0.8×	22 0.4×	20 0.5×	36	421
Robert W. July	12	147 0.5×	167 0.7×	88 0.8×	25 0.5×	31 0.7×	32	438
Mamadou Diouf Senegal	13	311 1.2×	460 1.9×	186 1.7×	42 0.8×	80 1.9×	48	785
L. H. Gann United States	15	321 1.2×	395 1.7×	172 1.6×	27 0.5×	47 1.1×	84	755
Landeg White United Kingdom	16	292 1.1×	337 1.4×	57 0.5×	24 0.4×	22 0.5×	29	650

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20 of 20 papers shown

Birmingham, David. (2006). Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Neighbors. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 7 indexed citations

Birmingham, David. (2003). A Concise History of Portugal. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations

White, Landeg, David Birmingham, & Phyllis M. Martin. (1999). History of Central Africa: The Contemporary Years since 1960. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(2/3). 604–604. 22 indexed citations

Sherwood, Marika & David Birmingham. (1999). Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(1). 151–151. 25 indexed citations

Birmingham, David. (1998). Merchants and Missionaries in Angola. Lusotopie. 5(1). 345–355. 3 indexed citations

Birmingham, David. (1998). Angola: Struggle for peace and reconstruction. African Affairs. 97(386). 133–133. 2 indexed citations

Birmingham, David, et al.. (1997). The Decolonization of Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30(2). 442–442. 8 indexed citations

Birmingham, David. (1993). Historical Dictionary of Angola. African Affairs. 92(367). 315–315. 2 indexed citations

Birmingham, David. (1992). Frontline nationalism in Angola & Mozambique. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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Harms, Robert, David Birmingham, & Phyllis M. Martin. (1986). History of Central Africa. The American Historical Review. 91(4). 971–971. 4 indexed citations

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Klein, Martin A., David Birmingham, & Phyllis M. Martin. (1985). History of Central Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 19(3). 638–638. 1 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David & Phyllis M. Martin. (1983). History of Central Africa. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 59 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1982). A Question of Coffee: Black Enterprise in Angola. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 16(2). 343–346. 2 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1982). A Question of Coffee: Black Enterprise in Angola. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 16(2). 343–343. 1 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1981). War in Africa: A Problem of Evidence in Contemporary History. 238(1382). 113–119. 1 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1981). Central Africa to 1870 : Zambezia, Zaïre, and the South Atlantic : chapters from The Cambridge history of Africa. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1977). Portugal's African Wars. African Affairs. 76(303). 264–264. 1 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1974). THEMES AND RESOURCES OF ANGOLAN HISTORY. African Affairs. 73(291). 188–203. 7 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1971). The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade: Britain, Brazil and the slave trade question. African Affairs. 70(281). 408–409. 3 indexed citations

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Birmingham, David. (1966). Trade and Conflict in Angola: The Mbundu and Their Neighbours under the Influence of the Portuguese 1483-1790.. 26 indexed citations

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