Chima J. Korieh (Wisconsin Marquette University)

Nigeria and World War II

Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict

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Produktbeschreibung

Recounting the extraordinary and often neglected story of the Nigerian people in World War II, this history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during the largest global conflict of the twentieth century draws on hitherto unexplored archival resources, challenging the perception that it was primarily a European conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 229mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781108444279
• ISBN-10: 110844427X
• Artikelnr.: 70151931

Autorenporträt

Chima J. Korieh is Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee where his research focuses on West African economic and social history in the colonial period. He is the author of 'Life Not Worth Living': Nigerian Petitions Reflecting an African Society's Experiences During World War II (2014). He was a British Academy Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Fighting for the world: imperialism, wartime policy, and colonial subjects
2. For king and country: colonial subjects, and wartime intellectualism
3. The home front: colonial subjects and the burden of empire
4. Voices of protest: austerity, regulations, and social protest
5. The Second World War and its aftermath
6. Conclusion.