A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present /
Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. From publisher description
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012
Malden, MA : [2012], ©2012 Malden, MA : c2012 Malden, MA : 2012 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Concise history of the modern world
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: understanding the contours of Africa's past
- Western transitions: slave trade and "legitimate" commerce in Atlantic Africa
- Eastern intrusions: slaves and ivory in eastern Africa
- Southern frontiers: colony and revolution in southern Africa
- Revival and reaction: North African Islam
- Jihad: revolutions in western Africa
- The eastern crescent: the Islamic frontier in eastern Africa
- The compass and the cross
- "Whatever happens": towards the scramble
- Africans adapting: conquest and partition
- "Pax colonia": empires of soil and service
- Hard times: protest, identity, and depression
- Battles home and away: Africa in global war (again)
- The beached whale: colonial strategies in the postwar world
- Conceiving and producing nations
- Compromising conflict: routes to independence
- Unsafe foundations: challenges of independence
- Violence and the militarization of political culture
- Rectification, redemption, and reality: issues and trends in contemporary Africa