Problems in the History of Modern Africa (The Problems in African History) - Softcover

Robert O. Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558764542 ISBN 13: 9781558764545

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

In the newest version of his "Problems" books, Professor Collins presents the most important issues in the study of modern Africa such as: Decolonization and the End of Empire; Democracy and the Nation-State; Epidemics in Africa: The Human and Financial Costs; Development: Failure or Success; The African Environment: Origins of a Crisis; and, Return of the Empires?

About this title

About the Author:

Robert O. Collins, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Shadow in the Grass: Britain in the Southern Sudan, 1919-1956 and The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988, as well as 24 other books. James McDonald Burns, Kathleen S. Hasselblad, and Erik Kristofer Ching, doctoral candidates at the University of California, Santa Barbara, are assisting as co-editors.

Review:

"While the material is familiar enough to scholars of African history, this book provides teachers with a handy format for making the material available for their students." - Social Studies" --Social Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1558764542
• ISBN 13: 9781558764545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283
• Editor: Robert O. Collins