Africa since 1800 / Roland Oliver, Anthony Atmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, Roland Anthony.

Contributor:

Atmore, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--History--19th century.

Africa.

History.

Africa--History--1884-1960.

Africa--History--1960-.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Summary:

This history of modern Africa takes as its starting-point the year 1800, because, although by that time the greater part of the interior of Africa had become known to the outside world, most of the initiatives for political and economic change still remained in the hands of African rulers and their peoples.

Contents:

1 Africa north of the equator 1

2 Africa south of the equator 16

3 The opening up of Africa: (1) from the north-east 30

4 The opening up of Africa: (2) from the Maghrib 44

5 West Africa before the colonial period, 1800-1875 53

6 Western Central Africa, 1800-1880 66

7 Eastern Central Africa, 1800-1884 76

8 Southern Africa, 1800-1885 87

9 The partition of Africa on paper, 1879-1891 100

9 The partition of Africa on the ground, 1891-1901 110

11 Colonial rule in tropical Africa: (1) Political and ecconomic developments, 1885-1914 124

12 Colonial rule in tropical Africa: (2) Social and religious developments 142

13 The inter-war period, 1918-1938 152

14 North and North-East Africa, 1900-1939 163

15 South Africa, 1902-1939 177

16 The last years of colonial rule 190

17 The road to independence: (1) North and North-East Africa 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521419468

0521429706

OCLC:

27728168