Problems in the history of colonial Africa, 1860-1960. / Edited by Robert O. Collins
1970, 1st edition. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #386702
ISBN: 0137166052
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.
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