Historical Problems Of Imperial Africa (Topic in World History) - Softcover

Collins, Robert O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558760601 ISBN 13: 9781558760608

Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub, 1994

Synopsis

The book is designed to inform, engage its readers, and stimulate discussions. Robert O. Collins and his collaborators have included authoritative statements and analysis by renowned scholars. A distinctive characteristic of the anthology is the range of interpretations of classic and recent research. This book offers a full spectrum of emotionally charged theories. Each section presents a set of conflicting arguments to show the state of debates on these highly controversial issues. Extensive commentary by the editors leads the reader through this treasury of theories and dramatically highlights the development of the field. The themes comprise the Partition of Africa, Colonial Rule in Africa, Collaboration or Resistence to European Rule, Educating the African, Forging a National Identity, and Exploitation or Development.

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 Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1558760601
• ISBN 13: 9781558760608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 319