History of Modern Africa

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 challengesPlaces a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounterIncludes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone AfricaOffers 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

Actualizata si revizuita pentru a sublinia perspectivele pe termen lung cu privire la problemele actuale cu care se confrunta continentul, noua editie a II-a a „O istorie a Africii moderne” relateaza intreaga amploare a istoriei politice, economice si sociale a Africii din ultimele doua secole. Abordarea pe termen lung a problemelor actuale, subliniind importanta dinamicii indigene din secolul al XIX-lea si mai profunde in explicarea provocarilor din Africa din secolul al XX-lea Plaseaza un accent mai mare asupra agentiei africane, in special in timpul intalnirii coloniale Include o acoperire mai aprofundata a Africii non-anglofone Ofera acoperire extinsa din era post-coloniala pentru a tine seama de evolutiile recente, inclusiv conflictul din Darfur si tulburarile politice din 2011 in Egipt, Tunisia si Libia