| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 405 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Africa north of the equator -- Africa south of the equator -- The opening up of Africa: (1) from the north-east -- The opening up of Africa: (2) from the Maghrib -- West Africa before the colonial period 1800-1875 -- Western Central Africa -- Eastern Central Africa -- Southern Africa -- The partition of Africa on paper 1879-1891 -- The partition of Africa on the ground 1891-1901 -- Colonial rule in Tropical Africa: (1) Political and economic developments 1885-1914 -- Colonial rule in Tropical Africa (2)Social and Religious developments -- The inter-war period, 1918-1938 -- North and North-East Africa 1900-1939 -- South Africa 1902-1939 -- The last years of colonial rule -- The road to independence -- Africa from the Sahara to the Zambezi -- The road to independence: (3) Central Africa -- The long road to democracy in Southern Africa -- The politics of independent Africa -- Economics and society in independent Africa -- Into the Third Millenium |
| Summary |
This book looks at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, partition and colonisation, and the colonial rule up to 1960. The last third of the book is concerned with the history of independent Africa during the last years of the twentieth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001561
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Africa -- History -- 1884-1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001563
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Africa -- History -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001564
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| Subject |
Africa
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Afrika
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atmore, Anthony
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| ISBN |
0511109768 |
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9780511109768 |
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0511108834 |
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9780511108839 |
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0511109458 |
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9780511109454 |
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9780511800283 |
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0511800282 |
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9786610415717 |
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6610415714 |
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