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



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Autore: Yorke Edmund James Visualizza persona
Titolo: Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War [[electronic resource] ] : Forgotten Colonial Crisis / / by Edmund James Yorke Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-137-43579-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910795917103321
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Serie: Studies in Military and Strategic History