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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa /
Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Two looks closely at modern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253003973 0253003970 0253353742 9780253353740 0253221307 9780253221308 1282539817 9781282539815 9786612539817 661253981X |