| Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa Contributor(s): Cooper, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521566002 ISBN-13: 9780521566001 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: This authoritative volume changes our conceptions of "imperial" and "African" history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward African labor forces. He shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. In the end, Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent, the question was how they had affected the ways in which Africans could reorganize society themselves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - Business & Economics | Labor - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.1 |
| LCCN: 95046203 |
| Series: African Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6" W x 9" (2.23 lbs) 700 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This authoritative volume changes our conceptions of imperial and African history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward African labor forces. He shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. In the end, Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent, the question was how they had affected the ways in which Africans could reorganize society themselves. |