A history of decolonisation and independence, this text helps students understand how Africa's global position has emerged since 1940.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Frederick Cooper is Professor of History at New York University. Author and co-author of a number of books on the history of Africa and of empires, his recent books include Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 (2014) and Citizenship, Inequality, and Difference: Historical Perspectives (2018). His books have won prizes from the American Historical Association, the African Studies Association, and the World History Association. He has conducted research in both East and West Africa, and has taught at Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and has been a visiting professor in France. He was awarded the 'Distinguished Africanist Award' by the African Studies Association in 2020.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Workers, peasants, and the challenge to colonial rule 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: economic and social change in an unequal world, 1945-2018 6. White rule, armed struggle, and beyond 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state 8. Twenty-first century Africa Index.
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; 6. The late decolonizations: Southern Africa, 1975, 1979, 1994; 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state; 8. Africa at the century's turn: Rwanda, South Africa, and beyond.
1. Introduction 2. Workers, peasants, and the challenge to colonial rule 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: economic and social change in an unequal world, 1945-2018 6. White rule, armed struggle, and beyond 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state 8. Twenty-first century Africa Index.
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; 6. The late decolonizations: Southern Africa, 1975, 1979, 1994; 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state; 8. Africa at the century's turn: Rwanda, South Africa, and beyond.
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'His writing is clear and based on careful use of data ... there is little doubt that it will become the standard text on the contemporary history of Africa.' Journal of African History
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