Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War : Forgotten Colonial Crisis / / by Edmund James Yorke

• Autore: Yorke Edmund James
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXI, 337 p.)
• Disciplina: 968.94/02
• Soggetto topico: Imperialism; Africa—History; Military history; History, Modern; Politics and war; Imperialism and Colonialism; African History; History of Military; Modern History; Military and Defence Studies
• Soggetto geografico: Zambia History 1890-1924; Great Britain Colonies Africa History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pre-war Northern Rhodesia: the structural weaknesses of colonial control -- Labour recruitment and mobilisation: the roots of crisis -- Advent of a "white man's war": early implications for the survival of white supremacy -- Colonial dependence and African opportunity: the indigenous response to war exigencies -- Crumbling colonial foundations: chiefs and headmen at war -- The strain of total war: a colonial state in retreat -- The nadir of colonial power in Northern Rhodesia -- Re-conquest and reconstruction.
• Sommario/riassunto: An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War
• ISBN: 1-137-43579-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819265603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Military and Strategic History