Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution, 1900-1982

by Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman

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Drawing on oral interviews as well as written primary sources, the authors of this book focus on the changing and complex Mozambican reality. They focus their study on the changing and complex... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865312117
• ISBN13: 9780865312111
• Release Date: October 1983
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

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History of an African Country

Contents: 1 - Introduction 2 - The Precolonial Period, 1500-1880 * Mozambique, 1500-1850 * The Mirage of Portuguese Empire--Mozambique on the Eve of the Partition of Africa, ca. 1880 * The Partition of Africa and the Wars of Resistance, 1885-1913 3 - The Colonial Period, 1900-1962 * Portuguese Colonial Policy Before the Salazar Regime, 1900-1926 * Mozambique Under the Salazar Regime, 1928-1962 * The Social Costs of Colonial-Capitalism 4 - Popular Opposition to Colonial Rule, 1900-1962 * Rural Protest * The Struggle of Urban Workers * Independent Churches * The Voice of Protest 5 - The Struggle for Independence, 1962-1975 * The Origins of FRELIMO * The Armed Struggle, Formation of Liberated Zones, and Radicalization of FRELIMO, 1964-1972 * The Reaction of the Colonial State * Final Victory - Independence 6 - The Making of a Mozambican Nation and a Socialist Polity * Political Changes Until 1977: Forging National Unity * The Third Party Congress--Beginning the Transition to Socialism 7 - Transforming the Economy * Restructuring the Rural Economy * The Problems of Distribution * Reviving and Restructuring the Industrial Sector 8 - Independent Mozambique in the Wider World * Mozambique as a Front-Line State * Mozambique in the Organization of African Unity and the Nonaligned Movement * Mozambique and the Socialist Countries * Mozambican Relations with the West