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Becoming Zimbabwe : a History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008.

Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, expressed the need for a 'more open and critical process of writing history in Zimbabwe. ... Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raftopoulos, Brian
Other Authors: Mlambo, Alois
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Weaver Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Tables and Maps; Figures; Acronyms; Chronology; Introduction: The Hard Road to Becoming National; 1 Reflections on Pre-Colonial Zimbabwe, c. 850-1880s; 2 Mapping Cultural and Colonial Encounters, 1880s-1930s; 3 From the Second World War to UDI, 1940-1965; 4 Social and Economic Developments during the UDI Period; 5 War in Rhodesia, 1965-1980; 6 From Buoyancy to Crisis, 1980-1997; 7 The Crisis in Zimbabwe, 1998-2008; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index; Back Cover.