02804nam 2200553 a 450 991078401360332120230607220849.01-84520-630-4(CKB)1000000000336421(EBL)243461(OCoLC)171579395(SSID)ssj0000359371(PQKBManifestationID)12135397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359371(PQKBWorkID)10307229(PQKB)10206630(MiAaPQ)EBC243461(Au-PeEL)EBL243461(CaPaEBR)ebr10400648(CaONFJC)MIL266223(OCoLC)893333823(EXLCZ)99100000000033642120020130d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe end of empire in French West Africa[electronic resource] France's successful decolonization? /Tony ChaferOxford Berg20021 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85973-552-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index.Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War -- New political context, 1944-6 -- Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50 -- Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements -- Policy and politics, 1950-6 -- The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60 -- Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60 -- Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy.In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control. The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the Frenc h approach was regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully managedDecolonizationAfrica, French-speaking WestAfrica, French-speaking WestHistory1884-1960Africa, French-speaking WestColonial influenceDecolonization960/.917541Chafer Tony1153410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784013603321The end of empire in French West Africa3797108UNINA