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A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present
- Title
- A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid.
- Author
- Reid, Richard J. (Richard James)
- Publication
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 386 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Concise history of the modern world
- Uniform Title
- Concise history of the modern world.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-384
- ISBN
- 9780470658987 (pbk.)
- 0470658983 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 744978428
- Author
- Reid, Richard J. (Richard James)
- Title
- A history of modern Africa : 1800 to the present / Richard J. Reid.
- Imprint
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Series
- Concise history of the modern worldConcise history of the modern world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-384