Ralph A. Austen

4.5k citations
108 papers · 1.9k indexed · h-index 22

Ralph A. Austen

93 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Ralph A. Austen
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  • Anthropology 775
  • Development 146
  • Archeology 20
  • Sociology and Political Science 813
  • Political Science and International Relations 414
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
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2 20081
3 20071
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Slavery and Slave Trade on the Atlantic Coast: The Duala of the Littoral
19956
6 19941
7 19871
8 198613
9 19862
10 19841
11 19831
12 197810
13 19772
14 19721
15
The Pre-Colonial Sukuma
19721
16 19710
17 19708
18
Modern imperialism : western overseas expansion and its aftermath 1776-1965
19691
19 19642
20 19631

About Ralph A. Austen

Ralph A. Austen is a scholar working on Anthropology, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 108 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (51 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (29 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (28 papers), African history and culture analysis (10 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (5 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (775 citations), Development (146 citations) and Archeology (20 citations). Ralph A. Austen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Ethiopia. Frequent co-authors include Albert Bergesen, Michael Jackson, Claude Ake, Randall M. Packard, E. A. Brett, Paul E. Lovejoy, Robert I. Rotberg, Suzanne Miers, Jan Hogendorn and Richard Roberts. Their work appears in journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of Food Science and American Ethnologist.

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