The British In Africa

Author : Andrew W.M. Smith,Chris Jeppesen
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781911307730

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Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa by Andrew W.M. Smith,Chris Jeppesen Pdf

Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power. Praise for Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa '…this ambitious volume represents a significant step forward for the field. As is often the case with rich and stimulating work, the volume gestures towards more themes than I have space to properly address in this review. These include shifting terrains of temporality, spatial Scales, and state sovereignty, which together raise important questions about the relationship between decolonization and globalization. By bringing all of these crucial issues into the same frame,Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa is sure to inspire new thought-provoking research.' - H-France vol. 17, issue 205

Author : Peter Docking
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030880910

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Negotiating the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1959-1964 by Peter Docking Pdf

This book examines conferences and commissions held for British colonial territories in East and Central Africa in the early 1960s. Until 1960, the British and colonial governments regularly employed hard methods of colonial management in East and Central Africa, such as instituting states of emergency and imprisoning political leaders. A series of events at the end of the 1950s made hard measures no longer feasible, including criticism from the United Nations. As a result, softer measures became more prevalent, and the use of constitutional conferences and commissions became an increasingly important tool for the British government in seeking to manage colonial affairs. During the period 1960-64, a staggering sixteen conferences and ten constitutional commissions were held for British colonies in East and Central Africa. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of how the British sought to make use of these events to control and manage the pace of change. The author also demonstrates how commissions and conferences helped shape politics and African popular opinion in the early 1960s. Whilst giving the British government temporary respite, conferences and commissions ultimately accelerated the decolonisation process by transferring more power to African political parties and engendering softer perceptions on both sides. Presenting both British and African perspectives, this book offers an innovative exploration into the way that these episodes played an important part in the decolonisation of Africa. It shows that far from being dry and technical events, conferences and commissions were occasions of drama that tell us much about how the British government and those in Africa engaged with the last days of empire.

Author : Roy Lewis,Yvonne Foy
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003970582

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The British in Africa by Roy Lewis,Yvonne Foy Pdf

Author : Philip D. Curtin
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : 029983025X

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The Image of Africa by Philip D. Curtin Pdf

In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780 1850. "

Author : Harry Johnston
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:$B685985

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Britain Across the Seas: Africa by Harry Johnston Pdf

Author : Rosalind Coffey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030894566

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The British Press, Public Opinion and the End of Empire in Africa by Rosalind Coffey Pdf

This book provides fresh insights into how the British press affected both British perceptions of decolonisation in Africa and British policy towards it during the ‘wind of change’ period. It also reveals, for the first time, the extent to which British newspaper coverage was of relevance to African and white settler readerships. British newspapers informed the political strategies and civic cultures of African activists, nationalists, liberal whites in Africa, the staunchest of white settler communities, and the first governments of independent African states and their opponents. The British press, British public opinion and British journalists became etched into the lived experiences of the end of empire affecting Anglo-African and Anglo-settler relations to this day. Arguing that the press cast a transnational web of influence over the decolonisation process in Africa, the author explores the relationships between the British, African and settler public and political spheres, and highlights the mediating power of the British press during the late 1950s. The book draws from a range of British newspapers, official government documents, newspaper archives, interviews, memoirs, autobiographies and articles printed in African and white settler papers. It will be of interest to historians of decolonisation, Africa, the media and the British Empire.

Author : Kenneth Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191566271

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Slavery and the British Empire by Kenneth Morgan Pdf

This is an introduction to the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, which especially focuses on the two centuries from 1650, and covers the Atlantic world, especially North America and the West Indies, as well as the Cape Colony, Mauritius, and India. -;Slavery and the British Empire provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. The book combines economic, social, political, cultural, and demographic history, with a particular focus on the Atlantic world and the plantations of North America and the West Indies from the mid-seventeenth century onwards. Kenneth Morgan analyses the distribution of slaves within the empire and how this changed over time; the world of merchants and planters; the organization and impact of the triangular slave trade; the work and culture of the enslaved; slave demography; health and family life; resistance and rebellions; the impact of the anti-slavery movement; and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and of slavery itself in most of the British empire in 1834. As well as providing the ideal introduction to the history of British involvement in the slave trade, this book also shows just how deeply embedded slavery was in British domestic and imperial history - and just how long it took for British involvement in slavery to die, even after emancipation. -;...a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade - Spartacus Review

Author : Jochen Lingelbach
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789204476

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On the Edges of Whiteness by Jochen Lingelbach Pdf

From 1942 to 1950, nearly twenty thousand Poles found refuge from the horrors of war-torn Europe in camps within Britain’s African colonies, including Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya and Northern and Southern Rhodesia. On the Edges of Whiteness tells their improbable story, tracing the manifold, complex relationships that developed among refugees, their British administrators, and their African neighbors. While intervening in key historical debates across academic disciplines, this book also gives an accessible and memorable account of survival and dramatic cultural dislocation against the backdrop of global conflict.

Author : British Information Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : British
ISBN : STANFORD:36105083107438

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African Challenge by British Information Services Pdf

Author : Anna Greenwood
Publisher : Studies in Imperialism
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 0719089670

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Beyond the State by Anna Greenwood Pdf

Examines colonial medical policy and the ways in which doctors of the Colonial Medical Service dealt with the day-to-day reality of care-giving in Imperial Africa.

Author : Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1425007922

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Britain Across the Seas by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston Pdf

Author : Robert Montgomery Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:HWGBMV

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History of the British Colonies: Possessions in Africa and Australia by Robert Montgomery Martin Pdf

Author : Harry Johnston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1451006845

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Britain Across the Seas Africa by Harry Johnston Pdf

Excerpt from Britain Across the Seas Africa: A History and Description of the British Empire In view of the great developments of the British Empire in Africa since the commencement of the Twentieth Century, it was thought desirable by the National Society that a concise history of this racial enterprise should be published, which would not be too abstruse for young students (whose previous knowledge of Africa might be assumed to be elementary), nor yet too lacking in technical information to be of service to those who had left studenthood behind, but desired to learn rapidly how all these things came to pass in this Continent of black, white, and yellow peoples. The book was to be written as far as possible without national or party bias. How far I have accomplished these aims I must leave it to the fair-minded reader to decide. I have been left quite unfettered by the National Society, and the opinions herein expressed are my own, though I trust that they are coincident with the actual truth, so far as that truth can be realized whilst the nearer events of African history are not yet properly focussed by time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Africa
ISBN : SRLF:A0007092521

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British Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : R.D. Pearce
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000857726

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Turning Point in Africa by R.D. Pearce Pdf

The Turning Point in Africa (1982) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after the Second World War. Charting a course through a wide variety of official sources and private papers, the work assesses the importance for colonial policy of the Colonial Office, the Colonial Service, the Labour Party, African nationalists, and of ideological and moral preconceptions. The revolution in African policy is investigated with a wide and yet detailed approach. Special attention is devoted to the effects of the Second World War on Britain and its empire and to the importance of American anti-imperialist pressure on the British Government. The importance of three men – the adviser Lord Hailey, politician Arthur Creech Jones and civil servant Andrew Cohen – receives attention and an assessment is made of their contribution to a policy which, from 1948 onwards, led to a rapid decolonization in large parts of Africa. The significance of this policy is analysed in detail. The British aimed at ‘nation-building’: indirect rule was to be replaced by the forms of English-style local government while rapid constitutional progress at the centre was to be conceded, in accordance with a preconceived model, once powerful nationalist movements had arisen. However, as the book shows, progress at the centre was introduced prematurely and outstripped reform in local government so that progress was not the balanced development the British had wished to see. Decolonization had been given an irreversible momentum by British planning.