The Making of Contemporary Africa
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-137-42906-3 (ISBN)
This is an ideal core text for modules on Modern African History or African Politics - or a supplementary text for broader modules on African History - which may be offered at the upper levels of an undergraduate History, Politics or African Studies degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying modern African history for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in African history, African politics or African studies.
New to this Edition:
- Revised and updated throughout in light of the latest research
- Incorporates recent developments and events
- Additional chapters cover Africa in the twenty-first century and examine social and cultural history since independence
Bill Freund is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
List of Illustrations and Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Africanist History and the History of Africa
2. Material and Cultural Development in Africa before the Nineteenth Century
3. The European Intrusion in the Era of Merchant Capital
4. The Era of Legitimate Commerce, 1800-1870
5. The Conquest of Africa
6. The Material Basis of Colonial Society,1900-1940
7. Culture, Class and Social Change in Colonial Africa,1900-1940
8. Industrialisation and South African Society, 1900-1940
9. The Decolonisation of Africa, 1940-1960
10. Tropical Africa1960-80: Class, State and the Problem of Development
11. Southern Africa: the Liberation Struggles
12. Structural Adjustment Kicks In
13. Democracies, Dictatorships and Disasters: Africa into the Twenty-first Century
14. A New Africa: Cultural and Social History since Independence
Annotated Bibliography
Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.07.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 15 bw illus |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 744 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Schlagworte | Afrika, Geschichte |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-42906-2 / 1137429062 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-42906-3 / 9781137429063 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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