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Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa

3.8/5 ( ratings)

This authoritative volume changes our conceptions of imperial and African history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward African labor forces. He shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. In the end, Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent, the question was how they had affected the ways in which Africans could reorganize society themselves.

Language: English

Pages: 700

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: August 28, 1996

ISBN: 0521566002

ISBN 13: 9780521566001

Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa

3.8/5 ( ratings)

This authoritative volume changes our conceptions of imperial and African history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward African labor forces. He shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. In the end, Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent, the question was how they had affected the ways in which Africans could reorganize society themselves.

Language: English

Pages: 700

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: August 28, 1996

ISBN: 0521566002

ISBN 13: 9780521566001

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