The African-British long eighteenth century [[electronic resource] ] : an analysis of African-British treaties, colonial economics, and anthropological discourse / / Tcho Mbaimba Caulker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454635903321
• Autore: Caulker Tcho Mbaimba <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-49433-3; 9786612494338; 0-7391-3487-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 325.3410966; 325/.3410966
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Africa History 18th century; Africa, West Relations Great Britain History 18th century; Great Britain Relations Africa, West History 18th century; Great Britain Colonies Africa Administration History 18th century; Africa, West In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Long Eighteenth-Century Fictive Literature and Filling the Vacuum of Africa; Chapter 02. British-African Treaty Making and the Construction of a British Colonial State in Sierra Leone; Chapter 03. Reading the British Sierra Leone Company: The Sierra Leone Company and its Ties to Emergent Colonial, Economic, and Moral Philosophy of the Long Eighteenth Century; Chapter 04. Natural Science, Exploration, and the Colonial Project in West Africa; Chapter 05. The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar, and Bringing the Long Eighteenth-Century Archiva lPast into the Postcolonial PresentEpilogue: The African-British Long Eighteenth Century and Imagination; Appendix of Treaties; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book traces the emergence of British colonial administration in West Africa during the long eighteenth century through analysis of colonial archival documents, such as the African-British Treaties and the Reports of the British Sierra Leone Company, and concludes with analysis of The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker, a postcolonial novel that examines the eighteenth century period.