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UNINA9910819265603321 |
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Autore |
Yorke Edmund James |
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Titolo |
Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War : Forgotten Colonial Crisis / / by Edmund James Yorke |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XXI, 337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Military and Strategic History |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism |
Africa—History |
Military history |
History, Modern |
Politics and war |
Imperialism and Colonialism |
African History |
History of Military |
Modern History |
Military and Defence Studies |
Zambia History 1890-1924 |
Great Britain Colonies Africa History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pre-war Northern Rhodesia: the structural weaknesses of colonial control -- Labour recruitment and mobilisation: the roots of crisis -- Advent of a "white man's war": early implications for the survival of white supremacy -- Colonial dependence and African opportunity: the indigenous response to war exigencies -- Crumbling colonial foundations: chiefs and headmen at war -- The strain of total war: a colonial state in retreat -- The nadir of colonial power in Northern Rhodesia -- Re-conquest and reconstruction. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. |
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