LEADER 03982nam 22006255 450 001 9910779241403321 005 20230124183746.0 010 $a0-300-16447-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300164473 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105003 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000719901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11479659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000719901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10655551 035 $a(PQKB)10682117 035 $a(DE-B1597)485825 035 $a(OCoLC)49414696 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300164473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420952 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105003 100 $a20200424h19941994 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective /$fCrawford Young 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[1994] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-05802-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tList of Tables -- $tPreface -- $t1. Bula Matari and the Contemporary African Crisis -- $t2. On the State -- $t3. The Nature and Genesis of the Colonial State -- $t4. Constructing Bula Matari -- $t5. The Colonial State Institutionalized -- $t6. Toward African Independence -- $t7, The Ambiguous Challenge of Civil Society -- $t8, The Imperial Legacy and State Traditions -- $t9. The Afterlife of the African Colonial State: Concluding Reflections -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history.Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly yet make the colonies self-financing drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history.Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of this troubled continent. 606 $aColonies$xHistory$zAfrica 606 $aColonies$xHistory$xAdministration$zAfrica 606 $aPolitical Science$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 606 $aColonialism & Postcolonialism$2HILCC 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aColonies$xHistory 615 0$aColonies$xHistory$xAdministration 615 7$aPolitical Science 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 615 7$aColonialism & Postcolonialism 676 $a325/.314/096 700 $aYoung$b Crawford, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0244923 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779241403321 996 $aAfrican colonial state in comparative perspective$91299261 997 $aUNINA