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The Cambridge History of Africa. Volume 7, From 1905 to 1940 A. D. Roberts, ed. 1986. 29 maps 5 tables 1087 pages

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. For the first time, tropical Africa began to constitute a significant economic counterweight to North and South Africa. 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 then, however, population was generally on the increase, after half a century of widespread decline. Mental horizons were much enlarged especially in the fast-growing towns. By 1940 a majority of Africans were either Muslim or Christian. South of the Sahara, mission education helped Africans to challenge white monopolies of power. 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. By the Second World War, most colonial regimes confronted not only the criticisms of literate Africans but organised protest among wage-earners and farmers, even though anti-colonial nationalism was sitll embryonic.

Contents

List of maps
List of figures
List of tables

Preface
A note on money values
Acknowledgements

Introduction
by Andrew Roberts, Reader in the History Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

1. The imperial mind
   by Andrew Roberts
   1905-1914
   1914-1930
   1930-1940
2. Aspects of economic history
   by C. C. Wrigley, Formerly Reader in History, University of Sussex
   Foundations of the colonial export economy
   Production for export
   Trade and finance
   Land and labour
   The course of change
3. Christianity
   by Richard Gray, Professor of the History of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
   Protestant pioneers
   ‘Ethiopians’, enthusiasts and prophets
   Catholic strategy and practice
   Missions and secular rulers: indigenous and colonial
   African initiatives during the First World War and in the towns
   Catholic hierarchies and colonial powers
   Trusteeship and education
4. Islam
   by C. C. Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana
   Resistance
   Colonial policies
   Expansion
5. African cross-currents
   by Andrew Roberts
   The movement of people
   The means of expression
   The critique of colonialism
   Ideologies of liberation
6. The Maghrib
   by Michael Brett, Lecturer in the History of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1905-1914
   The First World War and its aftermath
   1922-1930
   1930-1940
7. French black Africa
   by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Directeur du Laboratoire associé au CNRS ‘Tiers-Monde — Afrique—, University of Paris, translated by Elizabeth edwards and Andrew Roberts
   1905-1914
   The First World War
   The boom of the 1920s
   The depression of the 1930s
   Conclusion
8. Madagascar
   by J. Fremigacci, Maître-assistant d'Histoire, University of Madagascar, translated by Elizabeth edwards and Andrew Roberts
9. British West Africa and Liberia
   by D. C. D0rward, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
   British West Africa, 1905-1914
   German West Africa, 1905-1914
   The First World War and its effects
   British West Africa, 1919-1929
   British West Africa, 1929-1940
   The Republic of Liberia
10. Belgian Africa
    by B. Jewsiewicki, Professor of History, Laval University, Quebec, translated by Yv0nne Brett and Andrew Roberts
    19o8-192o: Reform and war
    1920-1930: Belgian assertion and economic growth
    1930-1940: depression and compulsion
    Conclusion
11. Portuguese Africa
    by Andrew Roberts
    The metropolitan background
    Mozambique
    Angola
    São Tomé and Principe
    Portuguese Guinea
    The Cape Verde islands
    
    Spanish Equatorial Guinea
    by W. G. Clarence-Smith, Lecturer in the History of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
12. Southern Africa
    by A. P. Walshe, Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana and Andrew Roberts
    1910-1914
    1914-1924
    1924-1940
13. British Central Africa
    by J0hn McCracken, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Stirling
    The making of the colonial economy, 1905-1914
    Class, race and politics, 1905-1914
    The pressures of war
    White politics and economic growth, 1818-1940
    Tribal identity and the growth of modern politics, 19z0-1940
14. East Africa
    by Andrew Roberts
    Colonial construction, 1905-1914
    The First World War, 1914-1918
    Territorial contrasts, 1818-1930
    Depression and strain, 1930-1940
15. Ethiopia and the Horn
    by the late Richard Caulk, formerly Associate Professor, History Department, Camden College, Rutgers University
    Ethiopia, 19o5-192o
    The Horn of Africa, 1905-1920
    Ethiopia, 1920-1930
    The coastal territories
    Ethiopia, 1930-1936
    Italian East Africa, 1936-1941
16. Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
    Egypt
    by M.W. Daly, Assistant Professor of History, Arkansas State University Political change
    Economic change
    
    The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
    by G.N. Sanders0n, formerly Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway College, University of London
    The Wingate era, c. 1905-1919
    Political tensions after 1919
    Economic and political conditions in the 1930s
    Conclusion

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