The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization? /

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In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under Fren...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chafer, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2002.
Temas:
1884-1960
Decolonization > Africa, French-speaking West.
Décolonisation > Afrique occidentale francophone.
HISTORY > General.
Colonial influence
Decolonization
Entkolonialisierung
Dekolonisatie.
Africa.
African history.
Colonialism & imperialism.
European history.
History.
West Africa.
Africa, French-speaking West > History > 1884-1960.
Africa, French-speaking West > Colonial influence.
Afrique occidentale francophone > Histoire > 1884-1960.
Afrique occidentale francophone > Influence coloniale.
French-speaking Western Africa
Westafrika
Frankreich
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War
  • New political context, 1944-6
  • Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50
  • Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements
  • Policy and politics, 1950-6
  • The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60
  • Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60
  • Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy.

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