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Author Reid, Richard J. (Richard James)

Title A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid.

Imprint Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  960.3 R272h 2012    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xvi, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Concise history of the modern world
Concise history of the modern world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Subject Africa -- History.
Africa -- Historiography.
Africa -- Colonization -- History.
Decolonization -- Africa -- History.
Slave trade -- History -- Colonies.
History.
Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
Decolonization. (OCoLC)fst00889115
Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780470658987 (pbk.)
0470658983 (pbk.)
9781444355130 (ePDF)
9781444355147 (ePub)
9781444355154 (Mobi)

 
    
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