The Making of Contemporary Africa: The Development of African Society Since 1800

ISBN-13: 9781137429063 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 368 str.

Bill Freund

Opis

This established text provides a refreshing account of the complex events in sub-Saharan Africa since 1800. Fully revised and updated throughout, this third edition incorporates the latest scholarship, and brings the book up to the present day.

Aligning itself with the new critical tendencies emerging in Africa, The Making of Contemporary Africa examines indigenous social development prior to the Industrial Revolution and the impact of colonialism from the perspective of class formation and capital penetration. Decolonisation and post-colonial development are analysed on the basis of economic changes rather than the usual political lens. Additional chapters new to this edition cover Africa in the twenty-first century and look at social and cultural history since independence.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Bill Freund is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.