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Africa in the world : capitalism, empire, nation-state /
Of the many pathways out of empire, why did African leaders follow the one that led to the nation-state, whose dangers were recognized by Africans in the 1940s and 50s? Frederick Cooper revisits a long history in which Africans were empire-builders, the objects of colonization, and participants in e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Of the many pathways out of empire, why did African leaders follow the one that led to the nation-state, whose dangers were recognized by Africans in the 1940s and 50s? Frederick Cooper revisits a long history in which Africans were empire-builders, the objects of colonization, and participants in events that gave rise to global capitalism. |
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| Notas: | "The origins of this book lie in an invitation to deliver the McMillan-Stewart Lectures at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute of Harvard University. The three lectures that became the book's core chapters were presented in February 2012." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 130 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674369306 0674369300 |