Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: GE.UF FS.E Reid / College 2d - Geschichte	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challenges Places a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounter Includes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone Africa Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya

(The British Library)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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