The colonial moment in Africa essays on the movement of minds and materials, 1900-1940 edited by A.D. Roberts

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Andrew, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--1884-1960.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Africa--History--20th century.

Africa.

Africa--Civilization--20th century.

Africa--Colonization.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [U.K.] New York Cambridge University Press 1990

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book includes the first five, thematic, chapters from the Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 7. They deal with Africa south of the Sahara, during a period in which economic and cultural changes greatly enlarged the horizons of Africans, even though colonial rule seemed set to last for a very long time. The contributors break much new ground in exploring a variety of topics which transcend colonial frontiers: the impact of Africa on the thought of the colonial powers; impulses to economic growth, and new frameworks directing the movement of people, goods and money; the rapid expansion of world religions and their interaction with indigenous beliefs and colonial regimes; the circulation of ideas among Africans, and the growth of new social identities, as reflected in the press, literature, art and music. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliography updated for this edition

Contents:

The imperial mind / Andrew Roberts

Aspects of economic history / C.C. Wrigley

Christianity / Richard Gray

Islam / C.C. Stewart

African cross-currents / Andrew Roberts

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-305) and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Colonial moment in Africa

ISBN:

9780511562747

0511562748

OCLC:

726826261

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