Zambia : the first 50 years : reflections of an eyewitness /: the first 50 years : reflections of an eyewitness. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Sardanis.
• Other Names: Sardanis, Andrew
• Contents: Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Map of Zambia (Northern Rhodesia); Introduction; Prologue; Part I: A Nation in the Making; 1. Zambia, Proud and Free; 2. Unprepared and Unready but Determined and Enthusiastic; 3. UDI: A New Landscape in Africa; 4. Hard Work and Fantasies; 5. Political Turbulence and Rhodesian Spies; 6. Fast Track for Zambian Business?; 7. Control of the Mines; 8. The Politicians Take Over; 9. Sir Arthur Benson's Ghost; 10. The 100 Million Con; Part II: the Unip Dictatorship. 11. 'The Sole Custodians of the People's Interests'!12. Kaunda and Thatcher Tango: Rhodesia Vanishes; 13. A Maverick Troublemaker and a Gentlemen's Coup; 14. Disarray; Part III: New Brooms?; 15. The Love Affair: Tricky Fred and the West; 16. The Plunder; 17. The Zambian Business Blossoms; The Economy Dips; 18. Vengeance and Cruelty and Frustrated Ambition; 19. Zambian Trials and the London Delusion; 20. Konkola: The Sale of the Century; 21. Few Successes and Many Failures; 22. 'Steady As She Goes'; 23. A Protectorate (Within a Protectorate) Is Pampered ... ; 24. ... And Abandoned. 25. 'The Hateful Western Province'26. Ba Mwine Zambia: 2011; 27. The Civil Society Gets Uneasy; 28. Arrests, Incarcerations and 'Nolle Prosequi'; 29. President Sata and His Future Legacy; Part IV: Taking Stock; 30. Copper: Our Boon and Our Bane; 31. Farmers and Charcoal Burners and Marketeers; 32. 'To Learn and Learn More from the Learned'; 33. Many Critics and Many Suitors; 34. Epilogue; Appendix I Northern Rhodesia Report 1929; Appendices; Appendix II The Mining Agreements; Appendix III Abrogation of the Mining Agreements; Appendix IV The Tika Project; Appendix V The Konkola Deals. Appendix VI The Barotseland Agreement 1964Appendix VII Glencore Comments on Mopani Tax Payments; Glossary; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (chiefly color), map
• Subjects: 968.9404; Businessmen -- Zambia; Sardanis, Andrew; Zambia -- History -- 1924-1953; Zambia -- History -- 1953-1964; Zambia -- History -- 1964-; Zambia -- Politics and government; HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General; HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa; Zambia -- History -- 1964-; Zambia; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857736987; 0857736981
• Related ISBNs: 9781780768212; 1780768214; 9781780768229; 1780768222
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.