collins robert 1933 (2 Ergebnisse)

1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 389 pp., map, 23 cm. Contents; Africa : 1914 -- Problem I : The partition of Africa. Egypt and the partition of Africa -- King Leopold, Savorgnan de Brazza, and the beginning of the scramble for Africa -- French policy and the scramble for Africa -- Germany's first bid for African colonies -- Bismarck changes his mind -- Britain's Nilotic imperative -- French policy on the Upper Nile -- The meaning of Fashoda -- Problem II : Collaboration or resistance to European rule in Africa. Resistance as a negative response to European initiatives in Nigeria -- Romantic reactionaries versus sophisticated collaborators -- The futility of resistance : the success of collaboration -- African resistance and rebellion against the imposition of colonial rule -- African reaction to the imposition of colonial rule in West Africa -- African reaction to the imposition of colonial rule in East and Central Africa -- Problem III : Indirect rule in theory and practice. Principles of native administration -- Methods of native administration : political officers and native rulers -- Indirect rule : an elaborate facade -- Nigeria's curse : indirect rule -- Indirect administration -- A re-statement of indirect rule -- Epitaph to indirect rule -- British colonial policy and tribal rulers -- Problem IV : Assimilation and association and French colonial rule in Africa. One hundred million Frenchmen : the assimilation theory in French colonial policy -- Association in French colonial theory -- An assessment of assimilation -- The ideal and the reality of assimilation and association -- Association and indirect rule -- Indirect rule : French and British style -- Problem V : White settlers in tropical Africa. White man's country -- The white man's case -- White supremacy in action -- Land, labor, and profits -- Dialogue -- Problem VI : Exploitation and development in colonial Africa. Economic imperialism, exploitation, and the future of Africa -- The myth of economic exploitation -- Exploitation or development -- Peasants, workers, and colonial development in West Africa -- The rape of Africa -- Problem VII : The elites, the masses, and African nationalism. What is African nationalism? -- Messianism and nationalism in Black Africa -- Primary resistance and modern mass nationalism in East and Central Africa -- The African elite and African nationalism -- Nationalism and traditionalism in Sierra Leone -- Nationalism and traditionalism in East Africa. Subjects; Colonies Africa History. 1884-1960. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 379 pages. In Fair plus condition. Ex-library with library stamps to edges and front endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, penciled call number on title page verso, stain on spine from removed call number label. Spine is cream with gold print. Boards in tan cloth. Slight wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine. Text block has glue stains on rear endpapers from removed library labels. Illustrated: b&w map, plate (photograph portrait). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1390615. FP New Rockville Stock.