The Politics and Economics of Decolonization in Africa

The Failed Experiment of the Central African Federation

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Andrew Cohen

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The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history. With the loss of India however, the British under Harold Macmillan attempted to enforce a 'second' colonial occupation - supporting the efforts of Sir Andrew Cohen of the Colonial Office to create a Central African Federation. Drawing on newly released archival material, The Politics and Economics of Decolonization offers a fresh examination of Britain's central African territories in the late colonial period and provides a detailed assessment of how events in Britain, Africa and the UN shaped the process of decolonization. The author situates the Central African Federation - which consisted of modern day Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi - in its wider international context, shedding light on the Federation's complex relationships with South Africa, with US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy and with the expanding United Nations. The result is an important history of the last days of the British Empire and the beginnings of a more independent African continent.

Author Biography:

Andrew Cohen undertook his research at the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford, and is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria.

Release date Australia

May 26th, 2017

Author

Andrew Cohen

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

1 map

Pages

320

Dimensions

138x216x28

ISBN-13

9781848858824

Product ID

10366326

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