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A History of Modern Africa
1800 to the Present
Richard J. Reid (Author)
9781119381921, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2019
448 pages
23.9 x 16.3 x 3 cm, 0.726 kg
The new, fully-updated edition of the acclaimed textbook covering 200 years of African history A History of Modern Africa explores two centuries of the continent’s political, economic, and social history. This thorough yet accessible text help readers to understand key concepts, recognize significant themes, and identify the processes that shaped the modern history of Africa. Emphasis is placed on the consequences of colonial rule, and the links between the precolonial and postcolonial eras. Author Richard Reid, a prominent scholar and historian on the subject, argues that Africa’s struggle for economic and political stability in the nineteenth century escalated and intensified through the twentieth century, the effects of which are still felt in the present day. The new third edition offers substantial updates and revisions that consider recent events and historiography. Greater emphasis is placed on African agency, particularly during the colonial period, and the importance of the long-term militarization of African political culture. Discussions of the postcolonial period have been updated to reflect recent developments, including those in North Africa. Adopting a long-term approach to current African issues, this text: A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 3rd Edition is an excellent introduction to the subject for undergraduate students in relevant courses, and for general readers with interest in modern African history and current affairs.
List of Maps xiii List of Plates xv Acknowledgments xviii Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xix Acknowledgments for the First Edition xx 1 Introduction: Understanding the Contours of Africa’s Past 1 Part I A Brief History of the Study of Africa 5 Land 8 People 12 Polity, Society, and Economy: Ingenuity and Violence in the Nineteenth Century 19 2 Western Transitions: Slave Trade and “Legitimate” Commerce in Atlantic Africa 25 States and Societies during the Atlantic Slave Trade 26 “Illegal” Traffic: The Nineteenth‐Century Slave Trade 30 Mineral and Vegetable: “Legitimate” Commerce 34 Change and Continuity in Forest and Savannah 37 3 Eastern Intrusions: Slaves and Ivory in Eastern Africa 47 Commercial Horizons: Slaves and Ivory 48 Maritime Empire: Zanzibar 53 Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (1): The Lacustrine Zone 57 Statehood, Conflict, and Trade (2): Northeastern Africa 64 4 Southern Frontiers: Colony and Revolution in Southern Africa 71 African State and Society to around 1800 71 War, Revolution, and the Zulu Impact 73 Cape Colonialism: White Settlement and the “Native Question” 78 Balances of Power to around 1870 81 Part II Africa and Islam: Revival and Reform in the Nineteenth Century 85 5 Revival and Reaction: North African Islam 89 Old and New Identities: Brotherhoods of the Desert 89 Trade and Conflict in the Mediterranean World: Ottoman and European Frontiers 90 Changing Society (1): The Maghreb 94 Changing Society (2): Egypt 97 6 Jihad: Revolutions in Western Africa 103 Islam in Western Africa to the Eighteenth Century 103 The Wandering Fulani 105 Prophets and Warriors 106 7 The Eastern Crescent: The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa 112 Swahili Islam: Coastal Frontiers in the Nineteenth Century 112 Islam in the Central East African Interior 114 Cross and Crescent in Northeast Africa 115 Islam on the Nile 117 Part III Africa and Europe: Commerce, Conflict and Co-option, to C.1920 121 8 The Compass and the Cross 127 Interested Gentlemen and Learned Bodies: Explorers and Exploration 128 Creeping Hegemony and the Invention of Africa 131 European Missionary Activity in Africa to around 1800 133 Evangelical Humanitarians: Missionary Revival 135 The Christian Impact on Culture, State, and Society 137 Mission and Empire 142 9 “Whatever Happens …”: Towards the Scramble 148 Africa and Theories of Imperialism 149 Race and Culture 152 Disorder and Civilizing Violence: Political and Economic Justifications 154 10 Africans Adapting: Conquest and Partition 159 Explaining the “Conquest” 159 Spears and Water: Violent Resistance 164 Histories Old and New: Colonialism and Historical “Knowledge” 174 Realities Old and New: Colonialism and Political “Knowledge” 177 Bush Wars and Distant Shadows: Africa in Global War 184 Part IV Colonialisms 193 11 “Pax Colonia”?: Empires of Soil and Service 199 Monopolies on Violence 200 Slaves and Labor 203 Cash Crops 204 White Settlement 209 Industry 211 Social Change and Emergent Crisis 214 Hearts and Minds 217 Environment and Medicine 220 12 Hard Times: Protest, Identity, and Depression 230 Making Tribes 230 Emergent Protest in the Islamic World 233 Salvation and Resistance: The African Church 235 Class and Tribe: The Industrial Complex 236 Cash Crops, Rural Crises, and Peasant Protest 239 Other Voices 242 13 Battles Home and Away: Africa in Global War (Again) 248 The War in the Continent 248 Shifts in Politics and Society 253 Part V The Dissolution of Empire 259 14 The Beached Whale: Colonial Strategies in the Postwar World 265 Postwar Africa and the International Climate 266 Economic Policies and Visions, c. 1945–50 267 Political Plans, c. 1945–50 270 15 Conceiving and Producing Nations 273 The Widening Horizons of Belonging 274 Tensions and Transitions: From Political Consciousness to Political Parties 275 Irresistible Force and Immovable Object: Nationalists and Settlers 282 A Time of Contrasts 287 16 Compromising Conflict: Routes to Independence 290 Debate and Debacle: “Constitutional” Transfers of Power 290 Violence: Growth, Form, and Impact 299 From Suez to Sharpeville, and Beyond: The End of High Imperialism 305 Part VI Legacies, New Beginnings, and Unfinished Business 311 17 Unsafe Foundations: Challenges of Independence 317 Building the Nation (1): Economy and Society 317 Building the Nation (2): Polity 324 Political Stability and Islam 330 Crowded House: Africa and the Cold War 335 18 Violence and the Militarization of Political Culture 343 The Military in African Politics 343 The Politics and Cultures of Insurgency 347 New Wars, Old Problems, and Expanding Military Horizons 354 19 Rectification, Redemption, and Reality: Issues and Trends in Contemporary Africa 359 Africa and the Contemporary World 359 Democracy and Authoritarianism: Trends in Governance 363 Body and Mind 369 Contemporary Economics: Assessing “Development” and “Growth” 372 Further Reading 381 Index 384
Subject Areas: History [HB]
