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A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 2nd Edition (Blackwell Concise History of the Modern World)

By Richard J. Reid

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
0470658983, 9780470658987
LCC
DT20 .R45 2012
Google Books ID
US6RQtYwasUC
Open Library ID
OL25244015M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6513447 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Concise History of the Modern World
Edition
2nd Edition
Pages
205\205
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries.Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challengesPlaces a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounterIncludes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone AfricaOffers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya

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