David Northrup (historian)

David Northrup (born 1 May 1941) is emeritus professor of history at Boston College. He is the former president of the World History Association and in 2017 received their Pioneers in World History Award.

Selected publications

 * Seven Myths of Africa in World History. Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2017 ISBN 9781624666391
 * Africa's Discovery of Europe: 1450-1850. New York : Oxford UP, 2014. ISBN 9780199941216
 * How English Became the Global Language. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 ISBN 9781137303059
 * Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic, 1770-1965: A Brief History with Documents. New York : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. ISBN 9780312442446
 * Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism, 1834-1922 New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995 ISBN 9780521485197
 * The Atlantic Slave Trade. Lexington: Heath, 1994. (2002, 2001) ISBN 9780669331455 (Editor)
 * Beyond the Bend in the River: African Labor in Eastern Zaire, 1865-1940. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1988. ISBN 9780896801516
 * Trade Without Rulers: Pre-Colonial Economic Development in South-Eastern Nigeria. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1978 ISBN 9780198227120