The new, fully-updated edition of the acclaimed textbook covering 200 years of African history
A History of Modern Africa explores two centuries of the continent's political, economic, and social history. This thorough yet accessible text help readers to understand key concepts, recognize significant themes, and identify the processes that shaped the modern history of Africa. Emphasis is placed on the consequences of colonial rule, and the links between the precolonial and postcolonial eras. Author Richard Reid, a prominent scholar and historian on the subject, argues that Africa's struggle for economic and political stability in the nineteenth century escalated and intensified through the twentieth century, the effects of which are still felt in the present day.
The new third edition offers substantial updates and revisions that consider recent events and historiography. Greater emphasis is placed on African agency, particularly during the colonial period, and the importance of the long-term militarization of African political culture. Discussions of the postcolonial period have been updated to reflect recent developments, including those in North Africa. Adopting a long-term approach to current African issues, this text:
* Explores the legacies of the nineteenth century and the colonial period in the context of the contemporary era
* Highlights the role of nineteenth century and long-term internal dynamics in Africa's modern challenges
* Combines recent scholarship with concise and effective narrative
* Features maps, illustrations, expanded references, and comprehensive endnotes
A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 3rd Edition is an excellent introduction to the subject for undergraduate students in relevant courses, and for general readers with interest in modern African history and current affairs.
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Richard Reid is Professor of African History, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, UK. His work has focused on the history of political culture, historical consciousness, warfare and militarism in Africa. He is the author of several books, including A History of Modern Uganda and Warfare in African History, and isformer editor of the Journal of African History.
Inhalt
List of Maps xiv
List of Plates xv
Acknowledgements for the Third Edition
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xvii
Acknowledgments xviii
1 Introduction: Understanding the Contours of Africa's Past 1
A Brief History of the Study of Africa 5
Land 8
People 12
Part I Polity, Society, and Economy: Ingenuity and Violence in the Nineteenth Century 17
2 Western Transitions: Slave Trade and Legitimate Commerce in Atlantic Africa 23
States and Societies during the Atlantic Slave Trade 24
Illegal Traffic: The Nineteenth-Century Slave Trade 28
Mineral and Vegetable: Legitimate Commerce 32
Change and Continuity in Forest and Savannah 35
3 Eastern Intrusions: Slaves and Ivory in Eastern Africa 42
Commercial Horizons: Slaves and Ivory 43
Maritime Empire: Zanzibar 48
Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (1): The Lacustrine Zone 52
Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (2): Northeastern Africa 59
4 Southern Frontiers: Colony and Revolution in Southern Africa 65
African State and Society to around 1800 65
War, Revolution, and the Zulu Impact 67
Cape Colonialism: White Settlement and the Native Question 71
Voortrekkers: White Communities in the Interior 74
Balances of Power to around 1870 75
Part II Africa and Islam: Revival and Reform in the Nineteenth Century 77
5 Revival and Reaction: North African Islam 81
Old and New Identities: Brotherhoods of the Desert 81
Trade and Conflict in the Mediterranean World: Ottoman and European Frontiers 82
Changing Society (1): The Maghreb 86
Changing Society (2): Egypt 89
6 Jihad: Revolutions in Western Africa 94
Islam in Western Africa to the Eighteenth Century 94
The Wandering Fulani 96
Prophets and Warriors 97
7 The Eastern Crescent: The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa 103
Swahili Islam: Coastal Frontiers in the Nineteenth Century 103
Islam in the Central East African Interior 105
Cross and Crescent in Northeast Africa 106
Islam on the Nile 108
Part III Africa and Europe: Commerce, Conflict and Co-option, to c.1920 113
8 The Compass and the Cross 119
Interested Gentlemen and Learned Bodies: Explorers and Exploration 119
Creeping Hegemony and the Invention of Africa 123
European Missionary Activity in Africa to around 1800 125
Evangelical Humanitarians: Missionary Revival 126
The Christian Impact on Culture, State, and Society 129
Mission and Empire 134
9 Whatever Happens : Towards the Scramble 139
Africa and Theories of Imperialism 140
Race and Culture 142
Disorder and Civilizing Violence: Political and Economic Justifications 145
10 Africans Adapting: Conquest and Partition 150
Explaining the Conquest 150
Spears and Water: Violent Resistance 155
Histories Old and New: Colonialism and Historical Knowledge 165
Realities Old and New: Colonialism and Political Knowledge 168
Bush Wars and Distant Shadows: Africa in Global War 175
Part IV Colonialisms 183
11 Pax Colonia? Empires of Soil and Service 189
Monopolies on Violence 190
Slaves and Labor 193
Cash Crops 194
White Settlement 199
Industry 201
Social Change and Emergent Crisis 204
Hearts and Minds 207
Environment and Medicine 210
12 Hard Times: Protest, Identity, and Depression 218
Making Tribes 218
Emergent Protest in the Islamic World 221
Salvation and Resistance: The African Church 223
Class and Tribe: The Industrial Complex 224