Fr. 16.50

Out of Empire - Redefining Africa's Place in the World

German · Paperback / Softback

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The history of decolonization is usually written backward, as if the end-point (a world of juridically equivalent nation-states) was known from the start. But the routes out of colonial empire appear more varied. Some Africans sought equal rights within empire, others to federate among themselves; some sought independence. In London or Paris, officials realized they had to reform colonial empires, but not necessarily give them up. The idea of "development" became a way to assert that empires could be made both more productive and more legitimate. Frederick Cooper explores how these alternative possibilities narrowed between 1945 and approximately 1960.

About the author

Frederick Cooper Professor für Geschichte und Afrikanistik an der New York University. Er ist bekannt für seine Arbeiten im Bereich der postkolonialen Forschung. Auf Deutsch erscheint von ihm bei Campus im Juni 2012 "Kolonialismus denken", ein Schlüsselwerk der Global- und Kolonialgeschichte.

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