02642nam 2200565 a 450 991045425280332120200520144314.00-89680-452-6(CKB)1000000000521648(EBL)1743675(OCoLC)884016851(SSID)ssj0000279051(PQKBManifestationID)11234549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279051(PQKBWorkID)10260632(PQKB)11456572(MiAaPQ)EBC1743675(OCoLC)191944013(MdBmJHUP)muse9458(Au-PeEL)EBL1743675(CaPaEBR)ebr10156416(EXLCZ)99100000000052164820051107d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEmpire in Africa[electronic resource] Angola and its neighbors /David BirminghamAthens Ohio University Pressc20061 online resource (201 p.)Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ;no. 84Description based upon print version of record.0-89680-248-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.The idea of empire -- Wine, women, and war -- Merchants and missionaries -- A Swiss community in highland Angola -- The case of Belgium and Portugal -- Race and class in a "fascist" colony -- The death throes of empire -- Destabilizing the neighborhood -- Carnival at Luanda -- The struggle for power -- A journey through Angola.The dark years of European fascism left their indelible mark on Africa. As late as the 1970's, Angola was still ruled by white autocrats, whose dictatorship was eventually overthrown by black nationalists who had never experienced either the rule of law or participatory democracy. Empire in Africa takes the long view of history and asks whether the colonizing ventures of the Portuguese can bear comparison with those of the Mediterranean Ottomans or those experienced by Angola's neighbors in the Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, or the Dutch colonies at the Cape...Research in international studies.Africa series ;no. 84.AngolaHistoryPortugalColoniesAfricaHistoryElectronic books.325/.340967Birmingham David242961MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454252803321Empire in Africa1246468UNINA