04674nam 22008775 450 991077970950332120201104190851.01-349-44361-11-137-26877-810.1057/9781137268778(CKB)2550000001105047(EBL)1161446(OCoLC)832372460(SSID)ssj0001659213(PQKBManifestationID)16437858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659213(PQKBWorkID)14986641(PQKB)10051783(SSID)ssj0000915052(PQKBManifestationID)12370575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915052(PQKBWorkID)10865366(PQKB)11697166(DE-He213)978-1-137-26877-8(MiAaPQ)EBC1161446(EXLCZ)99255000000110504720151109d2013 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLight and Power for a Multiracial Nation[electronic resource] The Kariba Dam Scheme in the Central African Federation /by J. Tischler1st ed. 2013.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2013.1 online resource (336 p.)Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Description based upon print version of record.1-137-26876-X 1-299-40678-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1 Planning Karib; 1.1 Global high modernism and the Kariba Dam scheme; 1.2 'Scientific' decision-making?; 1.3 Developing a powerful white nation; 1.4 Negotiating development: The Kariba loan talks; 2 The Resettlement: Planning and Implementation; 2.1 African development and the resettlement question; 2.2 A dam against the 'primitive': White discourse about the Gwembe Tonga; 2.3 Renegotiating African development: The resettlement in Northern Rhodesia2.4 The 'efficiency' of settler rule: The resettlement in Southern Rhodesia3 Intervening in the Kariba Dam Project; 3.1 In the middle of development: Hezekiah Habanyama and the Gwembe Tonga Native Authority; 3.2 Struggling with development: The perspectives of the Gwembe Tonga; 3.3 A black dam for the people: Nationalist and left-wing critiques; 4 Building the Kariba Dam; 4.1 A microcosm of the modern nation: Controlling the Kariba construction site; 4.2 Coping, protesting, improving their lives: Kariba's workers; 5 The End of Joint Development: Planning Lake Kariba; Conclusion; NotesBibliographyIndex'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence.Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Africa—HistoryImperialismSocial historySociologyHistory, ModernEnvironmentAfrican Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000Imperialism and Colonialismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/722000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000Sociology, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000Environment, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U00009Africa—History.Imperialism.Social history.Sociology.History, Modern.Environment.African History.Imperialism and Colonialism.Social History.Sociology, general.Modern History.Environment, general.338.9689009045Tischler Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut662898BOOK9910779709503321Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation3739253UNINA