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oapen-20.500.12657-318562022-04-26T11:21:05Z Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa: Future Imperfect? Jeppesen, Chris W.M. Smith, Andrew empire france decolonization africa britain colonial Human rights bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1H Africa bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power. 2017-02-24 23:55 2019-01-11 13:45:08 2020-04-01T13:51:36Z 2020-04-01T13:51:36Z 2017 book 624571 OCN: 973764694 9781911307730 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31856 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 624571.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/britain-france-and-the-decolonization-of-africa UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781911307730 10.14324/111.9781911307730 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781911307730 254 open access
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Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power.
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