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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783859303321

Autore

Bush Barbara <1946-, >

Titolo

Imperialism, race, and resistance : Africa and Britain, 1919-1945 / / Barbara Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-72243-5

0-203-01790-0

1-134-72244-3

1-280-33462-2

0-203-15905-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Disciplina

966/.0917521

Soggetti

Africa, English-speaking West Politics and government 20th century

South Africa Politics and government 1909-1948

Great Britain Colonies Africa Administration

Africa, English-speaking West Race relations History 20th century

South Africa Race relations History 20th century

Great Britain Colonies Africa Race relations History 20th century

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 (p. [344]-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: why imperialism, race and resistance?; Africa after the First World War: race and imperialism redefined?; West Africa; Britain's imperial hinterland: colonialism in West Africa; Expatriate society: race, gender and the culture of imperialism; 'Whose dream was it anyway?' Anti-colonial protest in West Africa, 1929-45; South Africa; Forging the racist state: imperialism, race and labour in Britain's 'white dominion'; 'Knocking on the white man's door': repression and resistance

'Fighting for the underdog': British liberals and the South African 'native question'Britain; Into the heart of empire: black Britain; Into the heart of empire: the 'race problem'; The winds of change: towards a new imperialism in Africa?; Retrospective: Africa and the African diaspora in a 'post-imperial' world; Notes and references; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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