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Textbook
A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-470-65898-7
Paperback
408 pages
January 2012, ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell
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Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries.
- Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challenges
- Places a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounter
- Includes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone Africa
- Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya
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A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 2nd Edition (US $41.95)
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