The Cambridge History of Africa by Michael Crowder

The Cambridge History of Africa by Michael Crowder

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.

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

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ISBN 13	9780521224093
ISBN 10	0521224098
Title	The Cambridge History of Africa
Author	Michael Crowder
Series	The Cambridge History Of Africa 8 Volume Hardback Set
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1984-12-13
Number of pages	1030
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