John K. Thornton (Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania)

Submitted: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:41:08 -0700


Professor John K. Thornton
Department of History
Millersville University
Millersville, Pennsylvania  17551  USA

Mail address:
306 Calvin Lane
Rockville, Maryland  20851  USA

phone:  717 871-2174 (at work)
        301 279 0179 (at home)
fax:    717-871-2485 (work)
        301 279 0179 (home)
e-mail: beepsie@worldnet.att.net



Note:  Home address and fax are best for contacts.

Specialist in the history of pre-colonial Atlantic Africa, especially West
Central Africa.  

Recent books:  

Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World. (2d ed, Cambridge
University Press, 1998)

The Kongolese Saint Anthony:  Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian
Movement, 1684-1706. (Cambridge University Press, 1998)

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1400-1800. (University College of London
Press/Routledge, 1999).