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Item Details
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THE RISE OF AN AFRICAN MIDDLE CLASS
COLONIAL ZIMBABWE, 1898-1965 |
| By: |
Michael O. West |
| Format: |
Book |
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£20.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253215242 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253215246 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 August, 2002 |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
Focuses on how the unintended consequences of colonialism lead to the creation of an African middle class in Zimbabwe. This title shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. |
| Synopsis: |
Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe." -Elizabeth SchmidtTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in number and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barriers imposed by colonialism to become the locus of protest against European domination. This extensive and original book opens new perspective into relations between colonizers and colonized in colonial Zimbabwe. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Finalist, 2003 Herskovits Award. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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