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Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: GE.UF FS.E Mere / College 2d - Geschichte / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Entliehen	Frist: 25.11.2024	Vorbestellungen: 0

VERLAGSTEXT: / / The fortunes of Africa have changed dramatically in the fifty years since the independence era began. As Europe's colonial powers withdrew, dozens of new states were launched amid much jubilation and to the world's applause. African leaders stepped forward with energy and enthusiasm to tackle the problems of development and nation-building, boldly proclaiming their hopes of establishing new societies that might offer inspiration to the world at large. The circumstances seemed auspicious. Independence came in the midst of an economic boom. On the world stage, African states excited the attention of the world's rival power blocs; in the Cold War era, the position that each newly independent state adopted in its relation with the West or the East was viewed as a matter of crucial importance. Africa was considered too valuable to lose. / / Today, Africa is spoken of only in pessimistic terms. The sum of its misfortunes - its wars, its despotism, its corruption, its droughts - is truly daunting. No other area of the world arouses such a sense of foreboding. Few states have managed to escape the downward spiral: Botswana stands out as a unique example of an enduring multi-party democracy; South Africa, after narrowly avoiding revolution, has emerged in the post-apartheid era as a well-managed democratic state. But most African countries are effectively bankrupt, prone to civil strife, subject to dictatorial rule, weighed down by debt, and heavily dependent on Western assistance for survival. / / So what went wrong? How did Harold Macmillan's 'wind of change' turn into Tony Blair's 'scar on the conscience of the world'? What happened to this vast continent, so rich in resources, culture and history, to bring it so close to destitution and despair in the space of two generations? / / Focusing on key personalities, events and themes of the independence era, Martin Meredith's magisterial history seeks to explore and explain the myriad problems that Africa has faced in the past half-century, and faces still. From the giddy enthusiasm of the 1960s to the 'coming of tyrants' and rapid decline, 'The State of Africa' is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how it came to this - and what, if anything, is to be done. / / AUS DEM INHALT: / / Maps | viii / Author's Note | xiii / Introduction | 1 / / PART I / 1. The Gold Coast Experiment | 17 / 2. Revolt on the Nile | 30 / 3. Land of the Setting Sun | 44 / 4. L'Afrique Noire | 58 / 5. Winds of Change | 75 / 6. Heart of Darkness | 93 / 7. The White South | 116 / / PART II / 8. The Birth of Nations | 141 / 9. The First Dance of Freedom | 162 / 10. Feet of Clay | 179 / 11. A House Divided | 193 / 12. Death of an Emperor | 206 / 13. The Coming of Tyrants | 218 / 14. In Search of Ujamaa | 249 / 15. The Passing of the Old Guard | 260 / 16. The Slippery Slope | 275 / 17. The Great Plunderer | 293 / 18. White Dominoes | 309 / / PART III / 19. Red Tears | 331 / 20. Fault Lines | 344 / 21. The Scourge of Aids | 362 / 22. The Lost Decade | 368 / 23. The Struggle for Democracy | 378 / 24. A Time of Triumph | 412 / / PART IV / 25. In the Name of the Prophet | 443 / 26. Black Hawk Down | 464 / 27. The Graves are Not Yet Full | 485 / 28. Where Vultures Fly | 524 / 29. Blood Diamonds | 545 / 30. No Condition is Permanent | 574 / 31. The Honour of Living | 588 / 32. Black Gold | 600 / 33. A Degree in Violence | 617 / 34. Somewhere Over the Rainbow | 647 / 35. Out of Africa | 676 / / Chapter Notes | 689 / Select Bibliography | 707 / Index | 735 /