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Let freedom come: Africa in modern history

Davidson, Basil, 1914-

Year: c1978.

Publisher: Little, Brown.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Author's note

PART ONE INTRODUCTORY: SETTING THE SCENE

1 The Century of Nationalism

2 Structure and Contingence

3 On the Eve

PART TWO BEFORE NATIONALISM

4 Founding Charters

5 Development within the African Model

6 Nineteenth-century Growth and Crisis

PART THREE THE COLONIAL MODEL: 1890-1939

7 The Reasons Why

8 Completing the Enclosure

9 Doctrine and Reality

10 The System to 1930: I. Labour

11 The System to 1930: 2. Land

12 The System to 1930: 3. Trade

13 The Great Slump and the 1930s

14 Facing the Consequences

PART FOUR AFRICAN RESPONSES: 1890-1939

15 The Many and the Few: A Great Divide

16 From Prophets to Strike-Leaders

17 'Useless Visionaries, Detestable Clerks'

18 In the French Context

PART FIVE THE DRIVE FOR NATIONHOOD: 1940 TO ABOUT 1960

19 'Freedom Nothing but Freedom...'

20 After the Second World War: The System Expanded

21 New Pace-Makers

22 Winning the Political Kingdom: In British West Africa

23 In French Africa: The Dual Struggle

24 From East to South Africa: The Settler Factor

25 In the Lesser Empires

PART SIX BUT WHOSE NATION? THE SEARCH RENEWED

26 The Gains of Independence

27 Wrestling with the Imported Model: Anger and Frustration

28 Wrestling with the Imported Model: Underlying Causes

29 New Departures: Toward an African Model

30 The Politics of Liberation

31 Under the Southern Cross

32 The Limits of Nationalism--and Beyond?

Useful Dates: List One Late C. 19 to 1920

List Two 1920-40

List Three 1940-70

List Four National Independences

List Five Population Totals

References and Notes

Index of Terms and Definitions

Index of Names

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Title:

Let freedom come : Africa in modern history by Basil Davidson.

Author:

Davidson, Basil, 1914-

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Let freedom come : Africa in modern history by Basil Davidson.
Davidson, Basil, 1914-
Boston: Little, Brown, c1978.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02583

Subject Headings:

• Africa -- History -- 1884-1960
• Africa -- History -- 1960-

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