TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,Frederick
TI  - Africa since 1940: the past of the present 
SN  - 0521772419
AV  - DT30 .C595 2002
U1  - 960.3/2 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Decolonization
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - D©♭colonisation
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e si©·cle
KW  - 15.80 history of Africa
KW  - Subsaharan Africa
KW  - colonial history
KW  - history
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - 2000-2099
N2  - "Frederick Cooper's latest book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa initiates a new textbook series: New Approaches to African History. His book will help readers understand the historical processes which have shaped Africa's current position in the world. Covering the last half-century, it bridges the divide between colonial and post-colonial history, allowing readers to see just what political independence did and did not signify. The book follows the "development question" across time, seeing how first colonial regimes and then African governments sought to transform African societies in their own ways. Readers will see how men and women, peasants and workers, religious leaders and local leaders found space within the crevices of state power to refashion the way they lived, worked, and interacted with each other. And they will see that the effort to turn colonial territories into independent nation-states was only one of the ways in which radical political and social movements imagined their future and how deeply the claims of such movements continued to challenge states after independence. By looking at the post-war era as a whole, one can begin to understand the succession of crises that colonial and post-colonial states faced without getting into a sterile debate over whether a colonial "legacy" or the failings of African governments are the cause of Africa's current situation."--Jacket
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