A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present /
Reid, Richard J.
A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012. - xvi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. ; pbk. - Concise history of the modern world .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Polity, society and economy: ingenuity and violence in the nineteenth century] 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. [Part 2: Africa and islam: revival and reform in the nineteenth century] Revival and reaction: North African Islam -- Jihad: revolutions in western Africa -- The eastern crescent: the Islamic frontier in eastern Africa. [Part 3: Africa and Europe: commerce, conflict and co-option, to c.1920] The compass and the cross -- "Whatever happens": towards the scramble -- Africans adapting: conquest and partition. [Part 4: Colonialisms] "Pax colonia": empires of soil and service -- Hard times: protest, identity, and depression -- Battles home and away: Africa in global war (again). [Part 5: The dissolution of empire] The beached whale: colonial strategies in the postwar world -- Conceiving and producing nations -- Compromising conflict: routes to independence. [Part 6: Legacies, new beginnings and unfinished business] Unsafe foundations: challenges of independence -- Violence and the militarization of political culture -- Rectification, redemption, and reality: issues and trends in contemporary Africa.
0470658983 9780470658987 9780470658987: £19.99
2011031982
Decolonization--History--Africa
Slave trade--History--Colonies
History.
History
African history
c 2000 to c 2009
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
Africa
General & world history
European history
Africa--History.
Africa--Historiography.
Africa--Colonization--History.
Africa--History--19th century
Africa--History--1884-1960
Africa--History--1960-
960.3
A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012. - xvi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. ; pbk. - Concise history of the modern world .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Polity, society and economy: ingenuity and violence in the nineteenth century] 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. [Part 2: Africa and islam: revival and reform in the nineteenth century] Revival and reaction: North African Islam -- Jihad: revolutions in western Africa -- The eastern crescent: the Islamic frontier in eastern Africa. [Part 3: Africa and Europe: commerce, conflict and co-option, to c.1920] The compass and the cross -- "Whatever happens": towards the scramble -- Africans adapting: conquest and partition. [Part 4: Colonialisms] "Pax colonia": empires of soil and service -- Hard times: protest, identity, and depression -- Battles home and away: Africa in global war (again). [Part 5: The dissolution of empire] The beached whale: colonial strategies in the postwar world -- Conceiving and producing nations -- Compromising conflict: routes to independence. [Part 6: Legacies, new beginnings and unfinished business] Unsafe foundations: challenges of independence -- Violence and the militarization of political culture -- Rectification, redemption, and reality: issues and trends in contemporary Africa.
0470658983 9780470658987 9780470658987: £19.99
2011031982
Decolonization--History--Africa
Slave trade--History--Colonies
History.
History
African history
c 2000 to c 2009
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
Africa
General & world history
European history
Africa--History.
Africa--Historiography.
Africa--Colonization--History.
Africa--History--19th century
Africa--History--1884-1960
Africa--History--1960-
960.3