Online Catalogue:BROWSE BY SUBJECT:History and Archaeology:The Twentieth Century
A comparison of the historical trajectories of former French, British, Portuguese and Spanish colonies examining the effects of different political regimes, the impact of HIV/AIDS, the contagion of warfare and efforts at achieving national reconciliation. Index, bib, notes, maps, xix, 620pp, UK. PALGRAVE, 0333682734
2004 Paperback Our Price: £18.99
A comprehensive survey of African history in the post war period. Discusses the themes of self-government, socialism, development and civil war. Important introduction to the study of post colonial Africa. B/w ill, preface, maps, index, xiii, 216pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
2002 0521776007 Paperback Our Price: £15.99
The story of the son of a German nurse and a wealthy Liberian, and his life growing up in Nazi Germany. viii, 341pp, UK. FUSION PRESS, 1901250873
2001 Paperback Our Price: £10.99
Explores the history of Africa in a century of enormous upheavals and changing concepts of political, national, and personal identity. Invaluable reference tool. Each entry includes a guide to further reading. Index, xix, 652pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE, 0415234794
2003 Hardback Our Price: £95.00
A full account of the Great War in Africa, describing how Africans came to be involved and how the continent itself became a theatre of war. These chapters were originally published in the author's study of the First World War, To Arms. Index, bib, maps, viii, 224pp, UK. OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 0199257280
2004 Paperback Our Price: £8.99
An exploration of the little known fate of Germany's indigenous Black population during the Nazi era and the repercussions of this genocide on modern race relations in Europe. The author uses interviews with the few Black survivors of the concentration camps, and uses extensive archival material to examine the portrayal of Black people in propaganda, Nazi era Black politics and the Afro German resistance movement. Index, bib, notes, app, 312pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE, 0415932955
2003 Paperback Our Price: £17.99
Evokes facets of life, research, and the effects of rule in tropical Africa from the Second World War to the post independence period. Illustrated with b/w images, notes, index, 325pp, UK. FRANK CASS, 0714648477
1997 Paperback Our Price: £19.50
Compendium of facts and figures on modern world history, with extensive African references. Index, annotated bib, maps, apps, 582pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.
2005 0415345855 Paperback Our Price: £16.99
This book completes the author's two volume history of the impact of the mandates system on Anglo French colonialism in Africa from 1914 to 1946. This volume explains how the League of Nations mandates system fused two of the predominant and compelling global forces of the twentieth century: imperialism and Wilsonian internationalism. BNS, 308pp, UK. SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS.
2004 1845190165 Hardback Our Price: £55.00
Fourth edition, fully revised and updated. Contains analyses of history, politics, economics, international relations, environmental issues, AIDS, family and kinship, the role of women, religious beliefs, and literature. B/w ill, maps, bib, index, xiv, 476pp, USA. LYNNE RIENNER.
2006 2001 1588264661 Paperback Our Price: £15.99
The author, a historian by training, describes the recent history of the continent and explores the causes of its widespread poverty, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the misrule, corruption and disintegration afflicting so many African states. Index, notes, bib, 398pp, NETHERLANDS. KIT, 9068325485
2004 Paperback Our Price: £24.99