The Cambridge History of Africa

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1940–75.

Michael Crowder (Edited by)

9780521224093, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 1984

1030 pages, 5 b/w illus. 33 maps 56 tables
23.1 x 16.3 x 6.4 cm, 1.734 kg

The contributors 'achieve a unity of view rarely found in the Actonian collections of the Cambridge University Press.' Ronald Robinson, The Times Literary Supplement

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1940–75. It begins with a discussion of the role of the Second World War in the political decolonisation of Africa. Its terminal date of 1975 coincides with the retreat of Portugal, the last European colonial power in Africa, from its possessions and their accession to independence. The fifteen chapters which make up this volume examine on both a continental and regional scale the extent to which formal transfer of political power by the European colonial rulers also involved economic, social and cultural decolonisation. A major theme of the volume is the way the African successors to the colonial rulers dealt with their inheritance and how far they benefited particular economic groups and disadvantaged others. The contributors to this volume represent different disciplinary traditions and do not share a single theoretical perspective on the recent history of the continent, a subject that is still the occasion for passionate debate.

Introduction Michael Crowder
1. The Second World War: prelude to decolonization in Africa Michael Crowder
2. Decolonization and the problems of independence Billy J. Dudley
3. Pan Africanism since 1940 Ian Duffield
4. Social and cultural change John Peel
5. The economic evolution of developing Africa Adebayo Adedeji
6. Southern Africa Francis Wilson
7. English-speaking West Africa David Williams
8. East and Central Africa Cherry Gertzel
9. The horn of Africa Christopher Clapham
10. Egypt, Libya and the Sudan Hans-Heino Kopietz, and Pamela Ann Smith
11. The Maghrib Clement Henry Moore
12. French-speaking tropical Africa Ruth Schachter Morgenthau and Lucy Creevey Behrn
13. Madagascar Bonar A. Gow
14. Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi M. Crawford Young
15. Portuguese-speaking Africa Basil Davidson
Bibliographical essays
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], African history [HBJH]