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050 00 $aDT20$b.R45 2012
082 00 $a960.3$223
100 1 $aReid, Richard J.$q(Richard James)
245 12 $aA history of modern Africa :$b1800 to the present /$cRichard J. Reid.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$cc2012.
300 $axvi, 386 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aConcise history of the modern world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: understanding the contours of Africa's past -- Western transitions: slave trade and "legitimate" commerce in Atlantic Africa -- Eastern intrusions: slaves and ivory in eastern Africa -- Southern frontiers: colony and revolution in southern Africa -- Revival and reaction: North African Islam -- Jihad: revolutions in western Africa -- The eastern crescent: the Islamic frontier in eastern Africa -- The compass and the cross -- "Whatever happens": towards the scramble -- Africans adapting: conquest and partition -- "Pax colonia": empires of soil and service -- Hard times: protest, identity, and depression -- Battles home and away: Africa in global war (again) -- The beached whale: colonial strategies in the postwar world -- Conceiving and producing nations -- Compromising conflict: routes to independence -- Unsafe foundations: challenges of independence -- Violence and the militarization of political culture -- Rectification, redemption, and reality: issues and trends in contemporary Africa.
651 0 $aAfrica$xHistory.
651 0 $aAfrica$xHistoriography.
651 0 $aAfrica$xColonization$xHistory.
650 0 $aDecolonization$zAfrica$xHistory.
650 0 $aSlave trade$xHistory$xColonies.
830 0 $aConcise history of the modern world.
852 00 $bglx$hDT20$i.R45 2012