A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. ; pbkISBN: - 0470658983
- 9780470658987
- 9780470658987:
- Decolonization -- Africa -- History
- 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
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 960.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 78345 |
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.
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