A history of modern Africa
Subtitle: 1800 to the present
By: Richard J. Reid
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Concise history of the modern world; Concise history of the modern world
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780470658987
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: understanding the contours of Africa's past; title: Western transitions: slave trade and "legitimate" commerce in Atlantic Africa; title: Eastern intrusions: slaves and ivory in eastern Africa; title: Southern frontiers: colony and revolution in southern Africa; title: Revival and reaction: North African Islam; title: Jihad: revolutions in western Africa; title: The eastern crescent: the Islamic frontier in eastern Africa; title: The compass and the cross; title: "Whatever happens": towards the scramble; title: Africans adapting: conquest and partition; title: "Pax colonia": empires of soil and service; title: Hard times: protest, identity, and depression; title: Battles home and away: Africa in global war (again); title: The beached whale: colonial strategies in the postwar world; title: Conceiving and producing nations; title: Compromising conflict: routes to independence; title: Unsafe foundations: challenges of independence; title: Violence and the militarization of political culture; title: Rectification, redemption, and reality: issues and trends in contemporary Africa.