The making of contemporary Africa : the development of African society since 1800

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Title:

Author:

Freund, Bill.

ISBN:

9780333698723

9781555878061

9781555878054

9780333698716

Personal Author:

Freund, Bill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; Boulder, Colo. : Rienner, 1998.

Physical Description:

xv, 334 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. Africanist History and the History of Africa -- 2. Material and Cultural Development in Africa before the Nineteenth Century -- 3. The European Intrusion in the Era of Merchant Capital -- 4. The Era of Legitimate Commerce, 1800-70 -- 5. The Conquest of Africa -- 6. The Material Basis of Colonial Society, 1900-40 -- 7. Culture, Class and Social Change in Colonial Africa, 1900-40 -- 8. Industrialisation and South African Society, 1900-40 -- 9. The Decolonisation of Africa, 1940-60 -- 10. Tropical Africa, 1960-80: Class, State and the Problem of Development -- 11. Southern Africa in Crisis -- 12. The Age of Structural Adjustment.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- History -- 19th century.

Africa -- History -- 20th century.

Africa -- Economic conditions.

Africa -- Social conditions.

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Summary

Fully revised and updated to include the major events that have taken place in South Africa, this book provides a reinterpretation of events in sub-Saharan Africa since the 18th century. The book also serves as an introduction to the history of modern Africa, incorporating into the text a critical appraisal of scholarship in recent years.