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The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History

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Editors:
  1. Martin S. Shanguhyia

    1. History Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

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  2. Toyin Falola

    1. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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  • Presents a comprehensive overview of African colonial and postcolonial history

  • Provides an invaluable reference for students and scholars of history and African studies

  • Includes fifty-two chapters from emerging and established across numerous disciplines in African history and African studies

  • Demonstrates how the field of modern African history has evolved and expanded since the mid-twentieth century

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin S. Shanguhyia, Toyin Falola
    Pages 1-39

  3. Colonial Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Colonialism and the African Environment

      • Martin S. Shanguhyia
      Pages 43-80

    3. Colonial Administrations and the Africans

      • Toyin Falola, Chukwuemeka Agbo
      Pages 81-101

    4. Slavery in the Colonial State and After

      • Paul E. Lovejoy
      Pages 103-122

    5. Africans and the Colonial Economy

      • Moses E. Ochonu
      Pages 123-143

    6. African Women in Colonial Economies

      • Judith A. Byfield
      Pages 145-170

    7. Colonialism and African Womanhood

      • Gloria Chuku
      Pages 171-211

    8. Administration, Economy, and Society in the Portuguese African Empire (1900–1975)

      • Philip J. Havik
      Pages 213-238

    9. Christian Evangelization and Its Legacy

      • Andrew E. Barnes
      Pages 239-280

    10. Colonial Education

      • Kelly Duke Bryant
      Pages 281-302

    11. Health and Medicine in Colonial Society

      • Matthew M. Heaton
      Pages 303-317

    12. African Colonial Urban Experience

      • Uyilawa Usuanlele, Oluwatoyin B. Oduntan
      Pages 319-338

    13. Africa and the First World War

      • Meshack Owino
      Pages 339-353

    14. Africa and the Second World War

      • Meshack Owino
      Pages 355-372

    15. Colonialism and African Migrations

      • Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry, Isaac Indome
      Pages 373-388

    16. Colonialism and African Childhood

      • Temilola Alanamu, Benedict Carton, Benjamin N. Lawrance
      Pages 389-412

    17. Literature in Colonial Africa

      • Tanure Ojaide
      Pages 413-428

    18. Art, African Identities, and Colonialism

      • Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
      Pages 429-449
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • History Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

    Martin S. Shanguhyia

  • University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Toyin Falola

About the editors

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.




   


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History

  • Editors: Martin S. Shanguhyia, Toyin Falola

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59426-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59425-9Published: 28 January 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59426-6Published: 28 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 1362

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, African History, Modern History, Social History

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