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Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2 nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challenges Places a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounter Includes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone Africa Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: History of Modern Africa
• Author: Richard J. Reid
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• EAN: 9780470658987
• ISBN: 0470658983
• ID: 04449155
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Weight: 638 g
• Dimensions: 173 × 247 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. December 2011

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