Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa

by Frederick Cooper

Book Overview

This authoritative volume changes our conceptions of imperial and African history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward African labor forces. He shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. In the end, Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521566002
• ISBN13: 9780521566001
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"