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Out of empire : redefining Africa's place in the world / Frederick Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Frederick, author.
- Series:
- Fakultätsvorträge der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien ; 8.
- Fakultätsvorträge der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization--Africa.
- Decolonization.
- Africa--History--20th century.
- Africa.
- Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 pages).
- Other Title:
- Out of Empire
- Place of Publication:
- 2013
- Göttingen : V&R unipress, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783737000970
- 3737000972
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737300970
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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