Out of empire redefining Africa's place in the world
The history of decolonization is usually written backward, as if the end-point (a world of juridically equivalent nation-states) was known from the start. But the routes out of colonial empire appear more varied. Some Africans sought equal rights within empire, others to federate among themselves; s...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Göttingen :
V&R unipress
[2013]
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| Colección: | Fakultätsvorträge der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803333606719 |
| Sumario: | The history of decolonization is usually written backward, as if the end-point (a world of juridically equivalent nation-states) was known from the start. But the routes out of colonial empire appear more varied. Some Africans sought equal rights within empire, others to federate among themselves; some sought independence. In London or Paris, officials realized they had to reform colonial empires, but not necessarily give them up. The idea of "development" became a way to assert that empires could be made both more productive and more legitimate. Frederick Cooper explores how these alternative possibilities narrowed between 1945 and approximately 1960. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (30 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783737000970 |
