Elusive Histories - Mozambican Migrant Laborers in Rhodesia, Ca. 1900-1980

Making visible the hundreds of thousands of Mozambican men and women who made their lives in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Elusive Histories offers rich insights into the social history of labor migration and the experience of racism, and it rebukes the idea that arbitrary borders determine where and how a person belongs.

About the author

Allen F. Isaacman is a Regents Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including the co-authored (with Barbara Isaacman) Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development: Cahora Bassa and its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007, winner of the ASA Best Book Prize and the AHA Klein Prize in African History. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has won fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, among others.

Summary

Making visible the hundreds of thousands of Mozambican men and women who made their lives in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Elusive Histories offers rich insights into the social history of labor migration and the experience of racism, and it rebukes the idea that arbitrary borders determine where and how a person belongs.

Product details

• Authors: Joy M. Chadya, Allen F. Isaacman, Allen F./ Chadya Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9780821425756
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2575-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous