Larry Butler

Broschiertes Buch

Copper Empire

Mining and the Colonial State in Northern Rhodesia, C.1930-64

Beschreibung

This is a study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing depression, wartime mobilization and fundamental changes in the nature and context of colonial rule.

Autor

LARRY BUTLER was educated at the Polytechnic of North London and King's College London, UK. He has taught at the University of East Anglia since 2002. Among his previous publications are Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa, 1939-1951 and Britain and Empire: Adjusting to a Post-Imperial World

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36413-8
• 2007 edition
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781349364138
• ISBN-10: 1349364134
• Artikelnr.: 45069571

Rezensionen

'A valuable contribution to the historiography of business in central Africa, particularly during the period of decolonisation.'

Andrew Cohen, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History