African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania - Between the Village and the World

This is the first major historical study of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967-75.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. A postcolonial project in the Cold War world; 2. Militants, mothers, and the national family; 3. Uneven development and the region; 4. Remembering villagization; Conclusion.

Info autore

Priya Lal is an Assistant Professor of History at Boston College, Massachusetts. Her work has been published in the Journal of African History, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, and Humanity.

Riassunto

This book tells the story of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967-75. It investigates how Tanzanian leaders and rural people creatively conceptualized ujamaa and documents how villagization unfolded on the ground, refining prevailing theories of national development and expanding our understanding of postcolonial Africa.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Priya Lal, Priya (Boston College Lal, Lal Priya
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107507005
• ISBN: 978-1-107-50700-5
• Pagine: 281
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Political science & theory, economic growth, African History, Political science and theory, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies