Africa since 1940 : the past of the present

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Title:

Author:

Cooper, Frederick, 1947-

ISBN:

9780521772419

9780521776004

9780521533072

Personal Author:

Cooper, Frederick, 1947-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

xiii, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

New approaches to African history

Series Title:

New approaches to African history

Contents:

1. Introduction: from colonies to Third World -- 2. Workers, peasants, and the crisis of colonialism -- 3. Citizenship, self-government, and development: the possibilities of the post-war moment -- 4. Ending empire and imagining the future -- Interlude: rhythms of change in the post-war world -- 5. Development and disappointment: social and economic change in an unequal world, 1945-2000 -- 6. The late decolonizations: southern Africa 1975, 1979, 1994 -- 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state -- 8. Africa at the century's turn: South Africa, Rwanda, and beyond.

Subject Term:

Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1945-1960.

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Africa -- Colonial influence.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/2001043657.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/2001043657.html
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2001043657.html

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Summary

Frederick Cooper's book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa is part of the textbook series New Approaches to African History. This text will help students understand the historical process out of which Africa's position in the world has emerged. Bridging the divide between colonial and post-colonial history, it allows readers to see just what political independence did and did not signify and how men and women, peasants and workers, religious leaders and local leaders sought to refashion the way they lived, worked, and interacted with each other.