Africa since 1940 or The Constitution of the United States of America

Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present

Author: Frederick Cooper

Frederick Cooper's latest book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa helps students understand the historical process from which Africa's current position in the world has emerged. Bridging the divide between colonial and post-colonial history, it shows what political independence did and did not signify and how men and women, peasants and workers, religious leaders and local leaders sought to refashion the way they lived, worked, and interacted with each other.

Table of Contents:

	List of plates
	List of figures
	List of maps
	List of tables
	Preface
1	Introduction: from colonies to Third World	1
2	Workers, peasants, and the crisis of colonialism	20
3	Citizenship, self-government, and development: the possibilities of the post-war moment	38
4	Ending empire and imagining the future	66
	Interlude: rhythms of change in the post-war world	85
5	Development and disappointment: social and economic change in an unequal world, 1945-2000	91
6	The late decolonizations: southern Africa 1975, 1979, 1994	133
7	The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state	156
8	Africa at the century's turn: South Africa, Rwanda, and beyond	191
	Index	205

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The Constitution of the United States of America

Author: Sam Fink

219 years ago you were given the right to practice the religion of your choice. 219 years ago you were given the right to say what you wanted without persecution. 219 years ago it was written that your house and property were secure from unreasonable search and seizure. 219 years ago you were given the right to a public trial. 219 years ago, fifty-five men you will never know sat in a sweltering hot room as they fought and argued for you. 219 years ago you were given your rights as a citizen of the United States.
This fall, as we return again to the ballot box to decide the course of our country’s congressional and state leadership, every voter must find their way back to that room in Philadelphia. Welcome Books is proud to provide a map.
The Constitution of The United States of America, inscribed and illustrated by the master calligrapher Sam Fink, brings to life the issues underlying the triumphs of this abiding document. Originally published in pen and ink for Random House in 1987, Sam has, at the request of Welcome Books, gone back to the original black-and-white art and painted it entirely, creating a full-color masterpiece. Each amendment, each article, each word so thoughtfully placed in the Constitution has been given Sam’s profound touch. With a powerful intelligence and a wonderful sense of humor, he has provided us with an entry point, allowing us to read this essential document better, more clearly.
Welcome Books is honored to present a full-color limited edition of Sam’s startling work as well as a trade edition, exquisitely designed and produced – matching in its manufacture the stunning quality of Sam’s ambition and thegravitas and significance of the original document.
The Constitution of The United States of America is the document we must read again and again. There is no more important document in our country. It is the document we must have an intimate knowledge of. It is the document that we must never forget.
219 years ago, you were entrusted with a living document. Have you kept it safe?
To begin, we must read it. This, Sam, in his direct and unadorned way, respectful and loving, helps us do.