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Modern history of the Somali : nation and state in the Horn of Africa / I.M. Lewis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Eastern African studiesPublication details: Oxford : James Currey ; Hargeisa, Somaliland : Btec Books ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2002.Edition: 4th edDescription: xi, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 082141495X
  • 9780821414958
Other title:
  • Somali
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Modern history of the Somali.; Online version:: Modern history of the Somali.DDC classification:
  • 967.73 21
LOC classification:
  • DT403 .L39
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface to the fourth edition -- Maps -- Photographs -- ch. 1. The Physical and social setting -- ch. 2. Before partition -- ch. 3. The Imperial partition : 1860-97 -- ch. 4. The Dervish fight for freedom : 1900-20 -- ch. 5. Somali unification : the Italian East African empire -- ch. 6. The Restoration of colonial frontiers : 1940-50 -- ch. 7. From trusteeship to independence : 1950-60 -- ch. 8. The Problems of independence -- ch. 9. The Somali revolution : 1969-76 -- ch. 10. Nationalism, ethnicity and revolution in the Horn of Africa -- ch. 11. Chaos, international intervention and developments in the North -- Notes -- Index.
Review: "The Fourth Edition of this history shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organisation and the ingeniousness with which the Somali way of life has adapted to all forms of modernity."--Jacket.
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Revised edition of: Modern history of the Somalia. Rev., updated, and expanded ed. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-347) and index.

Preface to the fourth edition -- Maps -- Photographs -- ch. 1. The Physical and social setting -- ch. 2. Before partition -- ch. 3. The Imperial partition : 1860-97 -- ch. 4. The Dervish fight for freedom : 1900-20 -- ch. 5. Somali unification : the Italian East African empire -- ch. 6. The Restoration of colonial frontiers : 1940-50 -- ch. 7. From trusteeship to independence : 1950-60 -- ch. 8. The Problems of independence -- ch. 9. The Somali revolution : 1969-76 -- ch. 10. Nationalism, ethnicity and revolution in the Horn of Africa -- ch. 11. Chaos, international intervention and developments in the North -- Notes -- Index.

"The Fourth Edition of this history shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organisation and the ingeniousness with which the Somali way of life has adapted to all forms of modernity."--Jacket.

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