The Cambridge History of Africa: Volume 7

Cambridge University Press, 7/24/1986
EAN 9780521225052, ISBN10: 0521225051

Hardcover, 1086 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 5.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

By 1905 most of Africa had been subjected to European rule; in the 1940s, the colonial regimes faced widespread and mounting opposition. Yet the period surveyed in this volume was no mere interlude of enforced quiescence. The cash nexus expanded hugely, as Africans came to depend for access to household necessities upon the export overseas of primary products. The impact of white rule on African health and welfare was extremely uneven, and African lives were stunted by the labour requirements of capitalist enterprise. Many Africans suffered greatly in the First World War and in the world depression of the 1930s. By 1940 a majority of Africans were either Muslim or Christian. Literate Africans developed new solidarities: tribal, territorial, regional and Pan-African. Meanwhile, the colonial powers were themselves improving their understanding of Africa and trying to frame policies accordingly. Co-operation with indigenous rulers often seemed the best way to retain control at minimum cost, but the search for revenue entailed disruptive economic change.

Introduction Andrew Roberts
1. The imperial mind Andrew Roberts
2. Aspects of economic history C. C. Wrigley
3. Christianity Richard Gray
4. Islam C. C. Stewart
5. African cross-currents Andrew Roberts
6. The Maghrib Michael Brett
7. French black Africa Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Madagascar J. Fremigacci
8. British West Africa and Liberia D. C. Dorward
9. Belgian Africa B. Jewsiewicki
10. Portuguese and Spanish Africa, Portuguese Africa Andrew Roberts, Spanish Equatorial Guinea W. G. Clarence-Smith
11. Southern Africa A. P. Walshe, and Andrew Roberts
12. British Central Africa John McCracken
13. East Africa Andrew Roberts
14. Ethiopia and the Horn Richard Caulk
15. Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Egypt M. W. Daly, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan G. N. Sanderson
Bibliographical essays
Bibliography
Index.