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The making of contemporary Africa : the development of African society since 1800
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- Creator
- Bill Freund
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2016
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- x, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781626375765, 1626375763
- OCLC
- ocn946059108
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Africanist history and the history of Africa -- Material and cultural development in Africa -- The European intrusion in the era of merchant capital -- The era of legitimate commerce, 1800-70 -- The conquest of Africa -- The material basis of colonial society, 1900-40 -- Culture, class and social change in colonial Africa, 1900-40 -- Industrialisation and South African society, 1900-48 -- The decolonisation of Africa, 1940-60 -- Tropical Africa, 1960-80 : class, state and the problem of development -- Southern Africa : the liberation struggles -- Structural adjustment kicks in -- Democracies, dictatorships and disasters : Africa into the twenty-first century -- A new Africa : cultural and social history since independence -- Conclusion