Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xvi, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Series |
Concise history of the modern world |
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Concise history of the modern world.
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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.
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Africa -- Historiography.
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Africa -- Colonization -- History.
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Decolonization -- Africa -- History.
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Slave trade -- History -- Colonies.
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History.
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Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
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Decolonization. (OCoLC)fst00889115
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9780470658987 (pbk.) |
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0470658983 (pbk.) |
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9781444355130 (ePDF) |
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9781444355147 (ePub) |
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9781444355154 (Mobi) |
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