The politics and economics of decolonization in Africa : the failed experiment of the Central African Federation /: the failed experiment of the Central African Federation. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Cohen.
• Other Names: Cohen, Andrew
• Contents: Cover ; Author Biography; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map of Central African Federation, 1959; Introduction; Historiographical Approaches to Federation: Foundation and its Early Years; Historiographical Issues and the End of Federation; 1. Conception and the Early Years of Federation; Acquiring the Charter; Company Days; Responsible Government; Towards Federation; Early Years, 1953-6; African Advancement; 2. The Pipe Dream of Partnership, 1957-9; Welensky and Macmillan Take Office; Partnership in Practice; Southern Rhodesia: The Removal of Todd and Arrival of Whitehead. Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Dr Banda ReturnsThe 1959 Emergencies; Repercussions of the Emergencies; Devlin Commission; Preparing for the Federal Constitutional Review and the British General Election; 3. 'The Wind of Change', 1960-1; Macmillan Visits the Federation; Recasting the Federation's Public Image in Britain; Preparing for the Monckton Commission; The Monckton Commission in the Federation; Territorial Reviews; Southern Rhodesian Constitutional Conference and the Northern Rhodesian Constitutional Review; The Mining Companies and the 'Wind of Change' The United States and the FederationThe Federation in the United Nations; 4. A Failed Experiment, 1962-3; Maudling and the Northern Rhodesia Proposals; Butler and the Central Africa Office; Preparing for the Northern and Southern Rhodesian Elections; The Federation, the United States and the United Nations; Northern and Southern Rhodesian Elections; South Africa and the Federation; Dissolution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (VIII, 300 pages), map
• Subjects: 968.903; HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General; HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa; British colonies; Entkolonialisierung; Kolonie; Rhodesia and Nyasaland -- History; Zimbabwe -- History -- 1890-1965; Zambia -- History -- 1953-1964; Malawi -- History -- 1953-1964; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century; Africa; Africa -- Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Afrika; Großbritannien; Malawi; Sambia; Simbabwe; Zentralafrikanische Föderation; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786722164; 9781786732163; 1786732165
• Related ISBNs: 178672216X; 1848858825; 9781848858824
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-284) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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