Modern Africa: A Social and Political History

ISBN-13: 9780582212886 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 312 str.

Basil Davidson

Opis

This is the Third Edition of a famous book first published in 1983. Written in the shadow of the many crises that face Africa's institutions and society today, Basil Davidson considers the origins of these problems, the fragility of Africa's nation states, and the emerging solutions she is finding to her present troubles. The book starts in the early years of the 20th century, with Africa still the property of colonial powers; moves on through the processes of decolonization and independence through to the late 1980s, and concludes with an overview, much extended for this new edition, of the fortunes and misfortunes of independent Africa today, and the future that awaits her.

Spis treści

PART ONE: UNDER FOREIGN FLAGS 1914-1930.  1. The Early Years of the Twentieth Century.  2. Colonial Africa: to 1930.  3. African Responses: to 1930.  4.  Key Ideas for Progress.  PART TWO: COLONIALISM UNDER STRAIN 1930-1945.  5. Colonial Systems and the Great Depression.  6. The Second World War 1939-1945.  7. Towards Modern Politics.  8. Colonialism in Crisis.  PART THREE: THE NATIONALISTS WIN THROUGH.  9. The Conditions of Decolonization.  10. Raising National Flags: North-East Africa.  11. Libya and the Maghrib.  12. South of the Sahara: French Colonies.  13. British West Africa.  14.  East and Central Africa: British Settler Colonies.  15. In Other Empires: Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish.  16. The 1980s: Unfinished Business.  PART FOUR: NEW FREEDOMS:PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS.  17. History Begins Anew.  18. Questions About National Stability.  19.  Questions About Development.  20. Questions About Unity.  21. Towards Africa Reconstruction: Summary and Overview.  Index.

O autorze

Basil Davidson