Modern Africa: A Social and Political History

by Davidson, Basil

• ISBN13: 9780582212886
• ISBN10: 058221288X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Basil Davidson's famous book -- now updated in a welcome Third Edition -- reviews the social and political history of Africa in the twentieth century. It takes the reader from the colonial era through the liberation movements to independence and beyond. It faces squarely the disappointments and breakdowns that have dulled the early successes of the post-colonial era; yet, for all the sorrows and uncertainties of Africa today, Basil Davidson shows how much has been achieved since decolonization, and the mood of his new final chapter is hopeful and buoyant.

Table of Contents

Under Foreign Flags 1914-1930

The Early Years of the Twentieth Century

Colonial Africa: to 1930

African Responses: to 1930

nbsp; Key Ideas for Progress

Colonialism Under Strain 1930-1945

Colonial Systems and the Great Depression

The Second World War 1939-1945

Towards Modern Politics

Colonialism in Crisis

The Nationalists Win Through

The Conditions of Decolonization

Raising National Flags: North-East Africa

Libya and the Maghrib

South of the Sahara: French Colonies

British West Africa

In Other Empires: Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish

The 1980s: Unfinished Business

New Freedoms:Progress and Problems

History Begins Anew

Questions About National Stability

nbsp; Questions About Development

Questions About Unity

Towards Africa Reconstruction: Summary and Overview

Index

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