Nugent, Paul,  1962- <br/><br/>
Africa since independence / 
Paul Nugent. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2012. 
 - xxv, 653 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> First edition published 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-634) and index. 
<br/><br/> Map 1 : Africa showing dates of independence --  Introduction : the basis of comparison --  African independence : poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? --  A profile of Africa at independence --  The shape of things to come : irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal --  Modernity and tradition, power and prestige : monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74 --  'Ism schisms' : African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85 --  Khaki fatigue : military rule in Africa, 1960-95 --  Second liberation : guerrilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order --  Invasion of the acronyms : SAPs, AIDS and the NGO takeover --  Democracy rediscovered : popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism, 1990-2011 --  Millennial Africa : the national question revisited.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230272880 9780230272873 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012012784 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--History--1960-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT30.5  / NUG 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>960.32