Africa Since 1940 - The Past of the Present

A history of decolonisation and independence, this text helps students understand how Africa's global position has emerged since 1940.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

Fully revised to include the history and scholarship of Africa since the turn of the millennium, this text helps students understand the historical process out of which Africa's position in the world has emerged. It explores the significance of political independence, and how the people of Africa sought to refashion their lives after colonialism.

Product details

• Authors: Gwyn Campbell, Frederick Cooper, Frederick (New York University) Cooper, Cooper Frederick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108480680
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48068-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: New Approaches to African Hist; New Approaches to African History; New Approaches to African Hist
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, History and Archaeology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence