This is a study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing depression, wartime mobilization and fundamental changes in the nature and context of colonial rule.
Inhoudsopgave
Maps Introduction The Colonial State and the Development of the Copperbelt Wartime mobilisation The Post-war Commodity Boom (1946-1953) The Debate on Controlling the Mining Industry (1939-1952) The Copperbelt and the Central African Federation (1949-1957) The Demise of the Federation The Mining Industry and Zambian Independence Postscript: Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence Conclusion
Over de auteur
LARRY BUTLER was educated at the Polytechnic of North London and King’s College London, UK. He has taught at the University of East Anglia since 2002. Among his previous publications are
Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa, 1939-1951 and
Britain and Empire: Adjusting to a Post-Imperial World
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