A modern history of the Somali : nation and state in the Horn of Africa

Author(s)

• Lewis, I. M.

Bibliographic Information

A modern history of the Somali : nation and state in the Horn of Africa

I.M. Lewis

（Eastern African studies）

James Currey , Btec Books , Ohio University Press, 2002

4th ed

• : Ohio University Press : paper
• : James Currey : paper

Note

"Revised, updated & expanded"--Cover

Originally published: The modern history of Somaliland : from nation to state. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1965

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: Ohio University Press : paper ISBN 9780821414958

Description

This latest edition of A Modern History of the Somali brings I. M. Lewis's definitive history up to date and shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organization. Lewis's history portrays the ingeniousness with which the Somali way of life has been adapted to all forms of modernity.

Volume

: James Currey : paper ISBN 9780852554838

Description

I.M. Lewis's classic text on the history of the Somali peoples. The Fourth Edition of this history shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organisation and the ingenuity with which the Somali way of life has adapted to all forms of modernity. North America: Ohio U Press

Table of Contents

• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• The physical & social setting
• Before partition
• The imperial partition: 1860-97
• The dervish fight for freedom: 1900-20
• Somali unification: the Italian East African empire
• The restoration of colonial frontiers: 1940-50
• From trusteeship to independence: 1950-60
• The problems of independence
• The Somali revolution: 1969-76
• Nationalism, ethnicity & revolution in the Horn of Africa
• Nation & state in recent history

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Details

• NCID: BA63677204
• ISBN:
  • 082141495X
  • 0852554834
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford,Hargeisa,Athens
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 347 p., [19] p. of plates
• Size: 22 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Somalis -- History
  • LCSH : Somaliland -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04400569