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Politics, Christianity and Society in Malawi Essays in Honour of John Mccracken.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, R.
Otros Autores: Mulwafu, O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : MZUNI Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright page
  • Title page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: John McCracken and Malawi's History
  • John McCracken: An Africanist to Remember
  • John McCracken: an Historian to Remember
  • Kenneth John McCracken: A Malawianist to Remember
  • Introduction
  • The Man and his Career
  • Academic Career in Africa and Britain
  • Collaboration with other Africanist Scholars
  • Interpretation of Malawi's Historical Experience
  • Legacy
  • John McCracken and the Development of Malawian Historiography, 1964
  • 2017
  • Introduction
  • Shaping New Areas of Research
  • Missionary Factor
  • Development and the Impact of Nationalism
  • African Production Systems
  • Coercion, Control and Resistance
  • Ecological Changes, Economy and Society
  • Interrogating the Master Narrative
  • Passion for Documentation of Malawi's History
  • Conclusion
  • Medicine, Politics and Christian Networks: John McCracken and the Historiography of Medicine in Malawi
  • Historians, Medicine and Politics in Malawi
  • Mobilities and Medical Networks in Malawi and the Empire
  • The Development of Malawian Church Historiography
  • Recording and Publishing the Events
  • Early Academic Studies of Malawian Church History
  • Establishing the Structures
  • Postgraduate Programmes at Chancellor College
  • Church History Writing at Mzuzu University
  • State of Church History Writing in Malawi
  • State Power and African Agency: Peasants' Food Production in Early Colonial Malawi, 1891-1920
  • Introduction
  • Colonial Incursion and Peasant Food Production, 1891
  • 1907
  • Agricultural Department and Peasants Food Production, 1908
  • 1910
  • Food Production and Marketing Regulatory Policies, 1911-1920
  • Conclusion
  • Africa Is an Education"": Vernacular Language and the Missionary Encounter in Nineteenth-Century Malawi
  • Language Ideologies
  • Africa is an Education
  • Translation Trouble
  • Conclusion
  • Mothercraft in the DRCM: Mthenga Newspaper, Missionary Wives and African Women, 1923
  • 1934
  • Introduction
  • The DRCM and Mthenga in Historical Context
  • The Introduction of a Women's Page in Mthenga
  • Locating Missionary Women in Historical Context
  • Mothercraft: The Labour of Missionary Women
  • Colonial State Manipulation of African Motherhood in the DRCM
  • Missionary Women: Friends of African Women?
  • Conclusion
  • They were Kept Outside but their Interest was Inside"": an Examination of the Role of African Women in the Construction of Social Identities in Colonial Malawi
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Missionaries' Representation of African Women
  • Native Associations, Colonial Government and African Women
  • Conclusion
  • The Contested Legacy of Malawi's Decolonization Process, 1944-1994
  • Introduction
  • Unmasking the Decolonization Movement
  • The Youth: Roles and Experiences
  • Women: Independence Struggle and After