03128nam 22006374a 450 991078293470332120230607214957.00-253-10933-7(CKB)1000000000006936(EBL)130884(OCoLC)56118895(SSID)ssj0000365368(PQKBManifestationID)12118978(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365368(PQKBWorkID)10403563(PQKB)10596059(SSID)ssj0000283749(PQKBManifestationID)11254184(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283749(PQKBWorkID)10250235(PQKB)11730656(MiAaPQ)EBC130884(OCoLC)1016816814(MdBmJHUP)muse57709(Au-PeEL)EBL130884(CaPaEBR)ebr10014149(CaONFJC)MIL978045(EXLCZ)99100000000000693620011218d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise of an African middle class[electronic resource] colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965 /Michael O. WestBloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (344 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-21524-2 0-253-34085-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.Running against the wind : African social mobility and identity in a settler colonial society -- Courting "Miss Education" : the love affair with social mobility -- The quest for bourgeois domesticity : on homemakers and households -- The best of all homes : housing and security of tenure -- A new beginning : the roots of African politics, 1914-1933 -- Found and lost : toward an African political consensus, 1934-1948 -- Back toward the beginning : the pursuit of racial partnership, 1949-1958 -- An aborted coronation : in search of the political kingdom, 1955-1965.""Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe."" -- Elizabeth SchmidtTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambiMiddle classZimbabweHistoryZimbabweColonial influenceZimbabwePolitics and government1890-1965Middle classHistory.305.5/5/096891West Michael O(Michael Oliver)1510835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782934703321The rise of an African middle class3743724UNINA