LEADER 03128nam 22006374a 450 001 9910782934703321 005 20230607214957.0 010 $a0-253-10933-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006936 035 $a(EBL)130884 035 $a(OCoLC)56118895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365368 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12118978 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365368 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403563 035 $a(PQKB)10596059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283749 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254184 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283749 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250235 035 $a(PQKB)11730656 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC130884 035 $a(OCoLC)1016816814 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57709 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL130884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014149 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL978045 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006936 100 $a20011218d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise of an African middle class$b[electronic resource] $ecolonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965 /$fMichael O. West 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-21524-2 311 $a0-253-34085-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index. 327 $aRunning 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. 330 $a""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 ambi 606 $aMiddle class$zZimbabwe$xHistory 607 $aZimbabwe$xColonial influence 607 $aZimbabwe$xPolitics and government$y1890-1965 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory. 676 $a305.5/5/096891 700 $aWest$b Michael O$g(Michael Oliver)$01510835 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782934703321 996 $aThe rise of an African middle class$93743724 997 $aUNINA