| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War -- New political context, 1944-6 -- Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50 -- Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements -- Policy and politics, 1950-6 -- The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60 -- Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60 -- Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy. |
| Summary |
In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control. The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the Frenc h approach was regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully managed. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa, French-speaking West -- History -- 1884-1960.
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Decolonization -- Africa, French-speaking West.
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Decolonization. |
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Africa, French-speaking West -- Colonial influence.
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| Chronological Term |
1884-1960 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chafer, Tony. End of empire in French West Africa. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2002 9781859735527 (DLC) 2002001531 (OCoLC)48958398 |
| ISBN |
9781845206307 (electronic book) |
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1845206304 (electronic book) |
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1845206312 |
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9781845206314 |
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1859735525 (cloth) |
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9781859735527 (cloth) |
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1859735576 (paperback) |
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9781859735572 (paperback) |
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