Modern History Of Somalia

I.M. Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics & Political Science.

• Preface to the 1988 Edition -- Preface to The First Edition -- The Physical and Social Setting -- Before Partition -- The Imperial Partition: 1860-97 -- The Dervish Fight for Freedom: 1900–20 -- Somali Unification: The Italian East African Empire -- The Restoration of Colonial Frontiers: 1940–50 -- From Trusteeship to Independence: 1950–60 -- The Problems of Independence -- The Somali Revolution: 1969–76 -- Nationalism, Ethnicity and Revolution in the Horn of Africa