Colonial West Africa : collected essays / Michael Crowder
2012, First Edition. New York : Routledge. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #479705
ISBN: 071462943X
Physical description: 353 p. Contents: Cover; COLONIAL WEST AFRICA: Collected Essays; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; I WEST AFRICA AND THE EUROPEANS: FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF DIRECT CONTACT (1971); II BACKGROUND TO THE SCRAMBLE (1968); III WEST AFRICAN RESISTANCE (1971); IV BAI BUREH AND THE SIERRA LÉONE HUT TAX WAR OF 1898 (1970); V BLAISE DIAGNE AND THE RECRUITMENT OF AFRICAN TROOPS FOR THE 1914-18 WAR (1967); VI THE WHITE CHIEFS OF TROPICAL AFRICA ( 1970); VII THE IMPOSITION OF THE NATIVE AUTHORITY SYSTEM IN BUSSA: THE REBELLION OF 1915 ( 1974); VIII THE FRENCH SUPPRESSION OF THE 1916-17 REVOLT IN DAHOMEYAN BORGU ( 1975). IX INDIRECT RULE- FRENCH AND BRITISH STYLE (1964)X WEST AFRICAN CHIEFS (1970); XI WEST AFRICA 1919 - 1939: THE COLONIAL SITUATION (1974); XII COLONIAL BACKWATER (1956/1957); XIII VICHY AND FREE FRANCE IN WEST AFRICA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1970); XIV INDEPENDENCE AS A GOAL IN FRENCH WEST AFRICAN POLITICS: 1944-60 (1965); XV COLONIAL RULE IN WEST AFRICA: FACTOR FOR DIVISION OR UNITY? (1965/1971); INDEX. Subjects: Africa, West Politics and government Addresses, essays, lectures. Africa, West History 19th century, 20th century. Africa, West Politics and government 1884-1960.
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