| Zambia Then and Now: Colonial Rulers and Their African Successors Contributor(s): Grant, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0710313438 ISBN-13: 9780710313430 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: As a member of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in Africa, Grant seeks to place both the colonial rulers and their African successors in the context of history and the circumstances of their time, viewing their achievements and failures critically but not unsympathetically and comparing colonial society with that of the independent African country that Northern Rhodesia has become. In the spirit of the post- post colonial, he brings colonialism from a level of abstraction to that of application, viewing it at the day to day level of the administration of a rural district of some 20,000 square miles by four officers and a handful of African district messengers, who worked together without even a telephone to assist them. With a wealth of detail that can only come from experience, Grant's work makes an important contribution to the understanding of a time, place, period and practices that are only now being considered in a balanced way. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - General |
| Dewey: 301 |
| LCCN: 2008029474 |
| Series: Kegan Paul Africa Library |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.40 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a member of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in Africa, the book seeks to place both colonial rulers and their African successors in the context of history and the circumstances of their time, viewing their achievements and failures critically but not unsympathetically and comparing colonial society with that of the independent African country that Northern Rhodesia has become. Colonialism is viewed at the day to day level of the administration of a rural district by four officers and a handful of African district messengers, who worked together without even a telephone to assist them. With a wealth of detail that can only come from experience, Grant's work makes an important contribution to the understanding of a time, place, period and practices that are only now being considered in a balanced way. |