LEADER 02804nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910825759603321 005 20230607220849.0 010 $a1-84520-630-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000336421 035 $a(EBL)243461 035 $a(OCoLC)171579395 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12135397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307229 035 $a(PQKB)10206630 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC243461 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL243461 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400648 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL266223 035 $a(OCoLC)893333823 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000336421 100 $a20020130d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe end of empire in French West Africa$b[electronic resource] $eFrance's successful decolonization? /$fTony Chafer 210 $aOxford $cBerg$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85973-552-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index. 327 $aPrelude 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. 330 $aIn 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 managed 606 $aDecolonization$zAfrica, French-speaking West 607 $aAfrica, French-speaking West$xHistory$y1884-1960 607 $aAfrica, French-speaking West$xColonial influence 615 0$aDecolonization 676 $a960/.917541 700 $aChafer$b Tony$01153410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825759603321 996 $aThe end of empire in French West Africa$94078086 997 $aUNINA