A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present

ISBN-13: 9781119381921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 448 str.

Richard J. Reid

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List of Maps xivList of Plates xvAcknowledgements for the Third EditionAcknowledgments for the Second Edition xviiAcknowledgments xviii1 Introduction: Understanding the Contours of Africa's Past 1A Brief History of the Study of Africa 5Land 8People 12Part I Polity, Society, and Economy: Ingenuity and Violence in the Nineteenth Century 172 Western Transitions: Slave Trade and "Legitimate" Commerce in Atlantic Africa 23States and Societies during the Atlantic Slave Trade 24"Illegal" Traffic: The Nineteenth-Century Slave Trade 28Mineral and Vegetable: "Legitimate" Commerce 32Change and Continuity in Forest and Savannah 353 Eastern Intrusions: Slaves and Ivory in Eastern Africa 42Commercial Horizons: Slaves and Ivory 43Maritime Empire: Zanzibar 48Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (1): The Lacustrine Zone 52Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (2): Northeastern Africa 594 Southern Frontiers: Colony and Revolution in Southern Africa 65African State and Society to around 1800 65War, Revolution, and the Zulu Impact 67Cape Colonialism: White Settlement and the "Native Question" 71Voortrekkers: White Communities in the Interior 74Balances of Power to around 1870 75Part II Africa and Islam: Revival and Reform in the Nineteenth Century 775 Revival and Reaction: North African Islam 81Old and New Identities: Brotherhoods of the Desert 81Trade and Conflict in the Mediterranean World: Ottoman and European Frontiers 82Changing Society (1): The Maghreb 86Changing Society (2): Egypt 896 Jihad: Revolutions in Western Africa 94Islam in Western Africa to the Eighteenth Century 94The Wandering Fulani 96Prophets and Warriors 977 The Eastern Crescent: The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa 103Swahili Islam: Coastal Frontiers in the Nineteenth Century 103Islam in the Central East African Interior 105Cross and Crescent in Northeast Africa 106Islam on the Nile 108Part III Africa and Europe: Commerce, Conflict and Co-option, to c.1920 1138 The Compass and the Cross 119Interested Gentlemen and Learned Bodies: Explorers and Exploration 119Creeping Hegemony and the Invention of Africa 123European Missionary Activity in Africa to around 1800 125Evangelical Humanitarians: Missionary Revival 126The Christian Impact on Culture, State, and Society 129Mission and Empire 1349 "Whatever Happens ...": Towards the Scramble 139Africa and Theories of Imperialism 140Race and Culture 142Disorder and Civilizing Violence: Political and Economic Justifications 14510 Africans Adapting: Conquest and Partition 150Explaining the "Conquest" 150Spears and Water: Violent Resistance 155Histories Old and New: Colonialism and Historical "Knowledge" 165Realities Old and New: Colonialism and Political "Knowledge" 168Bush Wars and Distant Shadows: Africa in Global War 175Part IV Colonialisms 18311 "Pax Colonia"? Empires of Soil and Service 189Monopolies on Violence 190Slaves and Labor 193Cash Crops 194White Settlement 199Industry 201Social Change and Emergent Crisis 204Hearts and Minds 207Environment and Medicine 21012 Hard Times: Protest, Identity, and Depression 218Making Tribes 218Emergent Protest in the Islamic World 221Salvation and Resistance: The African Church 223Class and Tribe: The Industrial Complex 224Cash Crops, Rural Crises, and Peasant Protest 227Other Voices 23013 Battles Home and Away: Africa in Global War (Again) 236The War in the Continent 236Shifts in Politics and Society 241Part V The Dissolution of Empire 24514 The Beached Whale: Colonial Strategies in the Postwar World 251Postwar Africa and the International Climate 252Economic Policies and Visions, c. 1945-50 253Political Plans, c. 1945-50 25615 Conceiving and Producing Nations 259The Widening Horizons of Belonging 260Tensions and Transitions: From Political Consciousness to Political Parties 261Irresistible Force and Immovable Object: Nationalists and Settlers 268A Time of Contrasts 27316 Compromising Conflict: Routes to Independence 276Debate and Debacle: "Constitutional" Transfers of Power 276Violence: Growth, Form, and Impact 286From Suez to Sharpeville, and Beyond: The End of High Imperialism 291Part VI Legacies, New Beginnings, and Unfinished Business 29717 Unsafe Foundations: Challenges of Independence 303Building the Nation (1): Economy and Society 303Building the Nation (2): Polity 310Political Stability and Islam 316Crowded House: Africa and the Cold War 32018 Violence and the Militarization of Political Culture 328The Military in African Politics 328The Politics and Cultures of Insurgency 332New Wars, Old Problems, and Expanding Military Horizons 33719 Rectification, Redemption, and Reality: Issues and Trends in Contemporary Africa 339Africa and the Contemporary World 339Democracy and Authoritarianism: Trends in Governance 343Body and Mind 352Contemporary Economics: Assessing "development" and "growth" 355Further Reading 363Index 365

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Richard Reid is Professor of African History, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, UK. His work has focused on the history of political culture, historical consciousness, warfare and militarism in Africa. He is the author of several books, including A History of Modern Uganda and Warfare in African History, and isformer editor of the Journal of African History.