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Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain, 1919-1945
Contributor(s): Bush, Barbara (Author)
ISBN: 0415159725     ISBN-13: 9780415159722
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $218.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 1999
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Looks at British-African relations between the two World Wars and examines the debates surrounding racism, race relations and citizenship during this period and their implications for the rest of the 20th century. Focusing on West Africa, South Africa and Britain, the author charts the growth of anti-colonial resistance and opposition to racism in the prelude to the post-colonial era. It also offers a sophisticated analysis of black identity and nationalism that cuts across cultural, literary and historical studies.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- History | Africa - General
Dewey: 966.091
LCCN: 98-55761
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.38" W x 9.46" (1.80 lbs) 412 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Cultural Region - African
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:

Imperialism, Race and Resistance marks an important new development in the study of British and imperial interwar history.
Focusing on Britain, West Africa and South Africa, Imperialism, Race and Resistance charts the growth of anti-colonial resistance and opposition to racism in the prelude to the 'post-colonial' era. The complex nature of imperial power in explored, as well as its impact on the lives and struggles of black men and women in Africa and the African diaspora.
Barbara Bush argues that tensions between white dreams of power and black dreams of freedom were seminal in transofrming Britain's relationship with Africa in an era bounded by global war and shaped by ideological conflict.