A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present
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A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present
（Concise history of the modern world）
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
- : pbk
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-358) and index
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A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of historical events that have shaped the last two centuries of the African continent. * Stresses the diversity of Africa's rich variety of people, societies, cultures and religious beliefs * Provides a thought-provoking and illuminating journey through the slave trade and colonization to the rise of Islam, struggles for independence, and beyond * Puts the colonial era into proper perspective in relation to events that occurred before it and since * Wide-ranging in scope, it provides a framework for understanding such events as the genocidal horrors of Rwanda and the recent troubles in Zimbabwe and Kenya
Table of Contents
Part I: Polity, Society and Economy in the Nineteenth Century:. 1. Changing Patterns of International Trade (1): Slave Trade and Legitimate Commerce in Atlantic Africa. 2. Changing Patterns of International Trade (2): the Slave and Ivory Trades of Eastern and Northeastern Africa. 3. Revolution, Colony and Frontier in Southern Africa. Part II: Africa and Islam in the Nineteenth Century:. 4. New Challenges in North Africa. 5. Islamic Revolution in West Africa. 6. The Spread of Islam in Eastern Africa. Part III: Africa and Europe in the Nineteenth Century:. 7. The Missionary Frontier. 8. Africa Explored. 9. Conquest and Partition: Prelude, Motive and Practice. Part IV: Consolidating Colonialisms:. 10. Colonial Rule: Aims and Impact. 11. Resistance and Adaptation. 12. Partition Complete: Africa in Global War (1). Part V: Colonial Apex:. 13: 'Pax colonia'? Economy and Society in the 1920s. 14. Depression, Protest and Identity. 15. The Edifice under Strain: Africa in Global War (2). Part VI: The Dissolution of Empire:. 16. Colonial Strategies: the Post-war World. 17. Nationalism and Identity. 18. Conflicts and Compromises: Processes of Decolonisation. Part VII: Legacy and Unfinished Business:. 19. Africa and the Cold War. 20. Quests for Stability: the Challenges of Independence. 21. Governance and Development: the Contemporary Age. Index
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