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Africa since independence / Paul Nugent.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxv, 653 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230272880
  • 9780230272873
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 960.32 23
LOC classification:
  • DT30.5 .N84 2012
Contents:
Map 1 : Africa showing dates of independence -- Introduction : the basis of comparison -- 1. African independence : poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? -- 2. A profile of Africa at independence -- 3. The shape of things to come : irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal -- 4. Modernity and tradition, power and prestige : monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74 -- 5. 'Ism schisms' : African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85 -- 6. Khaki fatigue : military rule in Africa, 1960-95 -- 7. Second liberation : guerrilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order -- 8. Invasion of the acronyms : SAPs, AIDS and the NGO takeover -- 9. Democracy rediscovered : popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism, 1990-2011 -- 10. Millennial Africa : the national question revisited.
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First edition published 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-634) and index.

Map 1 : Africa showing dates of independence -- Introduction : the basis of comparison -- 1. African independence : poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? -- 2. A profile of Africa at independence -- 3. The shape of things to come : irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal -- 4. Modernity and tradition, power and prestige : monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74 -- 5. 'Ism schisms' : African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85 -- 6. Khaki fatigue : military rule in Africa, 1960-95 -- 7. Second liberation : guerrilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order -- 8. Invasion of the acronyms : SAPs, AIDS and the NGO takeover -- 9. Democracy rediscovered : popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism, 1990-2011 -- 10. Millennial Africa : the national question revisited.

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