Decolonisation, Identity and Nation in Rhodesia, 1964-1979 A Race Against Time /

• Main Author: Kenrick, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Britain and the World
• Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan-History.; Imperialism.; Civilization-History.; World politics.; History of Sub-Saharan Africa.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Cultural History.; Political History.

'David Kenrick's book is a fresh and fascinating new history of the Rhodesian rebellion as seen through the symbols and artifacts of the break-away settler nation. With a careful attention to historical context and a keen eye for detail, Kenrick tells the stories of how the most important...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 White Rhodesian Society ca. 1950s-1980
• 3 Blood and Referendums: Nationalist History and the Case for a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• 4 These Colours Don't Fade: Changing the Rhodesian Flag, 1967-1968
• 5 Sovereign Independence? Rhodesians and the Monarchy, 1965-1970
• 6 'The Last Word in Rhodesian': Visions of the Nation in White Rhodesian Music
• 7 'Now as Then?': Race, Rembrance and the Rhodesian Nation in the 1970s
• 8 Conclusion
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