The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-349-92879-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 1362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This wide-ranging volume presents the most complete appraisal of modern African history to date. It assembles dozens of new and established scholars to tackle the questions and subjects that define the field, ranging from the economy, the two world wars, nationalism, decolonization, and postcolonial politics to religion, development, sexuality, and the African youth experience. Contributors are drawn from numerous fields in African studies, including art, music, literature, education, and anthropology. The themes they cover illustrate the depth of modern African history and the diversity and originality of lenses available for examining it. Older themes in the field have been treated to an engaging re-assessment, while new and emerging themes are situated as the book’s core strength. The result is a comprehensive, vital picture of where the field of modern African history stands today.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shanguhyia, Martin S.

Falola, Toyin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. IntroductionI. Colonial Africa2. Colonialism and the African Environment3. Colonial Administrations and the Africans4. Slavery in the Colonial State and After5. Africans and the Colonial Economy6. African Women in Colonial Economies7. Colonialism and African Womanhood8. Administration, Economy, and Society in the Portuguese African Empire (1900–1975)9. Christian Evangelization and Its Legacy10. Colonial Education11. Health and Medicine in Colonial Society12. African Colonial Urban Experience13. Africa and the First World War14. Africa and the Second World War15. Colonialism and African Migrations16. Colonialism and African Childhood17. Literature in Colonial Africa18. Art, African Identity, and Colonialism19. Intensification and Attenuation: Colonial Influences on an African Culture20. Youth and Popular Culture in Colonial Africa21. The Horn of Africa and the Black Anticolonial Imaginary: 1896–191522. Colonial Africa and the West23. International Law, Colonialism, and the African24. Colonialism and Development in Africa25. Nationalism and African Intellectuals26. Decolonization HistoriesII. Postcolonial Africa27. Africa and the Cold War28. African Politics since Independence29. Secession and Separatism in Modern Africa30. Post-Colonial Africa and the West31. United States and Africa32. Franco-African Relations: Still Exceptional?33. Algeria and France: Beyond the Franco-Algerian Lens34. China and Africa35. Africa and Global Financial Institutions36. Development History and Postcolonial African Experience37. The African Diaspora and Postcolonial Africa38. Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa39. The Unfinished Business of Postcolonialism: Theological Perspectives40. South Africa: Apartheid and Post-Apartheid41. The Pan-African Experience: From the Organization of African Unity to the African Union42. Africa and Human Rights43. Education in Postcolonial Africa44. African Women and the Postcolonial State45. Young People and Public Space in Africa: Past and Present46. Colonialism and African Sexualities47. Culture, Artefacts and Independent Africa: The Cultural Politics of Museums and Heritage48. Building the African Novel on Quick Sand: Politics of Language, Identity and Ownership49. Music and Postcolonial Africa50. Sports and Politics in Postcolonial Africa51. Media, Society, and the Postcolonial State52. Between Diaspora and Homeland: The Study of African and the African Diaspora in the United States

Über Autor(innen)

Martin S. Shanguhyia is Associate Professor of African History in the History Department of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USA. His most recent book is Population, Tradition, and Environmental Control in Colonial Kenya (2015). Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has received seven honorary doctorates in addition to scores of lifetime career awards, and is the author and editor of over a hundred books.