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vii | (2) |
Abbreviations |
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ix | (4) |
Editorial Foreword |
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xiii | (2) |
Preface |
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xv | (2) |
Some Definitions |
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Introduction |
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1 | (5) |
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Chapter One. Conditions of Tranquility in Black Africa |
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6 | (27) |
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Foundations of colonial control in Black Africa |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (8) |
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22 | (5) |
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The international context |
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27 | (6) |
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Chapter Two. Forces of Change in the 1930s |
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33 | (18) |
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Africa and the world depression |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (4) |
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Imperial solutions to European crises? |
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40 | (4) |
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Towards colonial development |
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44 | (7) |
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Chapter Three. War and the African Empires, 1939-45 |
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51 | (21) |
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The growth of African involvement, 1939-41 |
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51 | (4) |
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A truly world war, 1942-45 |
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55 | (8) |
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The responses of liberal imperialism |
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63 | (9) |
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Chapter Four. The Mobilization of African Discontents, 1939-47 |
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72 | (18) |
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Linkages with the Arab world |
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72 | (2) |
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Nationalist stirrings in West and East Africa |
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74 | (5) |
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Coming conflicts in southern Africa |
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79 | (4) |
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French Africa after Brazzaville |
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83 | (7) |
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Chapter Five. Colonial Reforms and Imperial Strategies, c. 1945-49 |
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90 | (31) |
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A new international context |
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90 | (10) |
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100 | (17) |
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The second colonial invasion |
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117 | (4) |
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Chapter Six. Growing Hopes of Independence |
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121 | (37) |
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Nkrumah: the challenge of populist nationalism |
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122 | (9) |
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Sudan, Nigeria - and beyond? |
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131 | (9) |
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British East Africa: settlers, improvers and freedom fighters |
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140 | (5) |
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Settler hopes in Central Africa |
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145 | (5) |
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Changing course in Afrique noire |
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150 | (8) |
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Chapter Seven. Recalculations in the 1950s |
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158 | (42) |
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An expanding Commonwealth? |
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158 | (2) |
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The shrinking of the Sahara |
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160 | (8) |
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168 | (2) |
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Macmillan's reassessments |
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170 | (11) |
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The resurrection of de Gaulle |
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181 | (9) |
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The sudden death of Belgian Africa |
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190 | (10) |
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Chapter Eight. The End of the Affair |
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200 | (48) |
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The conversion of the Conservatives |
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200 | (7) |
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The liquidation of British East Africa |
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207 | (6) |
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The end of the Central African Federation |
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213 | (6) |
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219 | (9) |
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The forced decolonization of Portuguese Africa |
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228 | (7) |
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From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe |
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235 | (9) |
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A new era in South Africa |
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244 | (4) |
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Chapter Nine. Retrospect, 1995 |
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248 | (8) |
Decolonization: an Outline Chronology |
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256 | (10) |
Bibliographical Essay |
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266 | (9) |
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275 | (8) |
Index |
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