Politics of Decolonization: Kenya Europeans and the Land Issue 1960–1965 (African Studies, Series Number 17) - Hardcover

Wasserman, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521208386 ISBN 13: 9780521208383

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1976

Synopsis

Decolonization in the Third World has most often been approached by tracing the ties of nationalist movements to the attainment of independence. This book attempts to revise the perspective. It presents a model of decolonization centring on the idea that the process was shaped by the reaction of colonial interests to the ascendancy of a nationalist elite. Rather than tracing the upward development of a nationalist movement, it traces the downward manipulation of that movement into a colonial system. The study concludes that instead of being a separating step to remove colonial influence, decolonization in more important respects ensured the continuity of the colonial political economy. The book is of interest to scholars, students and others interested in decolonization, white settles, East African affairs and land reform, as well as the general reader following current events in Africa.

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Book Description

The study concludes that instead of being a separating step to remove colonial influence, decolonization in more important respects ensured the continuity of the colonial political economy. The book is of interest to scholars, students and others interested in decolonization, white settles, East African affairs and land reform, as well as the general reader following current events in Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0521208386
• ISBN 13: 9780521208383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234