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Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation : The Kariba Dam Scheme in the Central African Federation / by J. Tischler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tischler, J., Author.
- Series:
- Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, 2635-1641
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- Imperialism.
- Social history.
- Sociology.
- History, Modern.
- Ecology.
- African History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Social History.
- Modern History.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- African History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Social History.
- Sociology.
- Modern History.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1 Planning Karib; 1.1 Global high modernism and the Kariba Dam scheme; 1.2 'Scientific' decision-making?; 1.3 Developing a powerful white nation; 1.4 Negotiating development: The Kariba loan talks; 2 The Resettlement: Planning and Implementation; 2.1 African development and the resettlement question; 2.2 A dam against the 'primitive': White discourse about the Gwembe Tonga; 2.3 Renegotiating African development: The resettlement in Northern Rhodesia
- 2.4 The 'efficiency' of settler rule: The resettlement in Southern Rhodesia3 Intervening in the Kariba Dam Project; 3.1 In the middle of development: Hezekiah Habanyama and the Gwembe Tonga Native Authority; 3.2 Struggling with development: The perspectives of the Gwembe Tonga; 3.3 A black dam for the people: Nationalist and left-wing critiques; 4 Building the Kariba Dam; 4.1 A microcosm of the modern nation: Controlling the Kariba construction site; 4.2 Coping, protesting, improving their lives: Kariba's workers; 5 The End of Joint Development: Planning Lake Kariba; Conclusion; Notes
- BibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349443611
- 1349443611
- 9781137268778
- 1137268778
- OCLC:
- 832372460
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