Africa since 1940 the past of the present - Cooper, Frederick 1947- (New York Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Introduction -- Workers, peasants, and the challenge to colonial rule -- Citizenship, self-government, and development : the possibilities of the post-war moment -- Ending empire and imagining the future -- Interlude: rhythms of change in the post-war world -- Development and disappointment : economic and social change in an unequal world, 1945-2018 -- White rule, armed struggle, and beyond -- The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state -- Twenty-first century Africa.
Keywords: Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century; Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 21st century; Africa -- Colonial influence; Africa -- History -- 20th century; Africa -- History -- 21st century; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1945-1960.; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-.