{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-africa-9781119381921","title":"A History of Modern Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new, fully-updated edition of the acclaimed textbook covering 200 years of African history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Africa\u003c\/i\u003e explores two centuries of the continent's political, economic, and social history. This thorough yet accessible text help readers to understand key concepts, recognize significant themes, and identify the processes that shaped the modern history of Africa. Emphasis is placed on the consequences of colonial rule, and the links between the precolonial and postcolonial eras. Author Richard Reid, a prominent scholar and historian on the subject, argues that Africa's struggle for economic and political stability in the nineteenth century escalated and intensified through the twentieth century, the effects of which are still felt in the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new third edition offers substantial updates and revisions that consider recent events and historiography. Greater emphasis is placed on African agency, particularly during the colonial perio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements for the Third Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for the Second Edition xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Understanding the Contours of Africa's Past 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief History of the Study of Africa 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Polity, Society, and Economy: Ingenuity and Violence in the Nineteenth Century 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Western Transitions: Slave Trade and \"Legitimate\" Commerce in Atlantic Africa 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStates and Societies during the Atlantic Slave Trade 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Illegal\" Traffic: The Nineteenth-Century Slave Trade 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMineral and Vegetable: \"Legitimate\" Commerce 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange and Continuity in Forest and Savannah 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Eastern Intrusions: Slaves and Ivory in Eastern Africa 42\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommercial Horizons: Slaves and Ivory 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaritime Empire: Zanzibar 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatehood, Conflict, and Trade (1): The Lacustrine Zone 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatehood, Conflict, and Trade (2): Northeastern Africa 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Southern Frontiers: Colony and Revolution in Southern Africa 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican State and Society to around 1800 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar, Revolution, and the Zulu Impact 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCape Colonialism: White Settlement and the “Native Question” 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoortrekkers: White Communities in the Interior 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBalances of Power to around 1870 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Africa and Islam: Revival and Reform in the Nineteenth Century 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Revival and Reaction: North African Islam 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld and New Identities: Brotherhoods of the Desert 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrade and Conflict in the Mediterranean World: Ottoman and European Frontiers 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Society (1): The Maghreb 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Society (2): Egypt 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Jihad: Revolutions in Western Africa 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam in Western Africa to the Eighteenth Century 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wandering Fulani 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProphets and Warriors 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Eastern Crescent: The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwahili Islam: Coastal Frontiers in the Nineteenth Century 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam in the Central East African Interior 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross and Crescent in Northeast Africa 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam on the Nile 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Africa and Europe: Commerce, Conflict and Co-option, to c.1920 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Compass and the Cross 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterested Gentlemen and Learned Bodies: Explorers and Exploration 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreeping Hegemony and the Invention of Africa 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean Missionary Activity in Africa to around 1800 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvangelical Humanitarians: Missionary Revival 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Impact on Culture, State, and Society 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMission and Empire 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 \"Whatever Happens \u003ci\u003e…\"\u003c\/i\u003e: Towards the Scramble 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica and Theories of Imperialism 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace and Culture 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisorder and Civilizing Violence: Political and Economic Justifications 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Africans Adapting: Conquest and Partition 150\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining the \"Conquest\" 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpears and Water: Violent Resistance 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistories Old and New: Colonialism and Historical \"Knowledge\" 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRealities Old and New: Colonialism and Political \"Knowledge\" 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBush Wars and Distant Shadows: Africa in Global War 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Colonialisms 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 \"Pax Colonia\"? Empires of Soil and Service 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonopolies on Violence 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlaves and Labor 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCash Crops 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite Settlement 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustry 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Change and Emergent Crisis 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHearts and Minds 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment and Medicine 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Hard Times: Protest, Identity, and Depression 218\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Tribes 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergent Protest in the Islamic World 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSalvation and Resistance: The African Church 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass and Tribe: The Industrial Complex 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCash Crops, Rural Crises, and Peasant Protest 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Voices 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Battles Home and Away: Africa in Global War (Again) 236\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War in the Continent 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShifts in Politics and Society 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Dissolution of Empire 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Beached Whale: Colonial Strategies in the Postwar World 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Africa and the International Climate 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Policies and Visions, c. 1945–50 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Plans, c. 1945–50 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Conceiving and Producing Nations 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Widening Horizons of Belonging 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTensions and Transitions: From Political Consciousness to Political Parties 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrresistible Force and Immovable Object: Nationalists and Settlers 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Time of Contrasts 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Compromising Conflict: Routes to Independence 276\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebate and Debacle: \"Constitutional\" Transfers of Power 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence: Growth, Form, and Impact 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Suez to Sharpeville, and Beyond: The End of High Imperialism 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Legacies, New Beginnings, and Unfinished Business 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Unsafe Foundations: Challenges of Independence 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Nation (1): Economy and Society 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Nation (2): Polity 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Stability and Islam 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrowded House: Africa and the Cold War 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Violence and the Militarization of Political Culture 328\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Military in African Politics 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics and Cultures of Insurgency 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Wars, Old Problems, and Expanding Military Horizons 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Rectification, Redemption, and Reality: Issues and Trends in Contemporary Africa 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica and the Contemporary World 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy and Authoritarianism: Trends in Governance 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBody and Mind 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Economics: Assessing \"development\" and \"growth\"” 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 365\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866393915735,"sku":"9781119381921","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119381921.jpg?v=1722278442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-modern-africa-9781119381921","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}