African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective

Автор: Crawford Young

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Yale University Press

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In this comprehensive study, a specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current cri...

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Автор

Crawford Young

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1997

страници

368

EAN

9780300068795

ISBN

0300068794

Enbook ID

04572922

Издател

Yale University Press

Теглоt

528

Размери

235 x 156 x 20

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In this comprehensive study, a specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history. Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly, yet make the colonies self-financing, drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history. Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a significant part in shaping the fate of this troubled continent.

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