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No insignificant part : the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War / / Tim Stapleton



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Autore: Stapleton Timothy Joseph <1967-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: No insignificant part : the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War / / Tim Stapleton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina: 940.4/12689
Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - Zimbabwe
World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, African
World War, 1914-1918 - Blacks - Africa, Southern
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Africa, East
World War, 1914-1918 - Zimbabwe
Soggetto geografico: Zimbabwe History, Military
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references: p. 177-180.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Terms; Introduction; 1. Setting the Stage: Colonialism and Zimbabwe: The First World War and Africa; 2. Africans in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the First World War; 3. Soldiers in the Rhodesia Native Regiment: Their Profile and Daily Life; 4. The Road to Songea; 5. The Sieges of Malangali and Songea; 6. The Siege of Kitanda; 7. Disaster at St. Moritz; 8. Mpepo: The Place of Winds; 9. Portuguese East Africa; 10. Demobilization and Life after the War; Conclusion; Appendix: Short Biographies of Some African RNR Soldiers
NotesBibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War is the first history of the only primarily African military unit from Zimbabwe to fight in the First World War. Recruited from the migrant labour network, most African soldiers in the RNR were originally miners or farm workers from what are now Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi. Like others across the world, they joined the army for a variety of reason, chief among them a desire to escape low pay and horrible working conditions. The RNR participated in some of the
Titolo autorizzato: No insignificant part  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-46569-7
9786610465699
1-55458-134-6
1-4237-8559-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811117103321
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