How Long to Read Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s

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It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s by Alan H. Cousins

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This book focuses on the late colonial history of Zambia and Malawi, which between 1953 and 1963 were part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Although there were many links in their history and between their populations, the two territories (British protectorates under Colonial Office control) contrasted greatly in power structures, in their economies, and in their development. Europeans living in Northern Rhodesia, with a power base in the mining economy, were able to establish a dominant position in the territory after the Second World War. By the 1950s it looked as though they would have, with Southern Rhodesian Europeans, a long hegemony, gaining independence from Britain as a new Dominion, which would mean control over both Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland through the Federation. Thus, white ethnicity and ideology are essential factors in this book relating to the struggle for power from just before the Second World War up to the 1960s. However, crises in 1959 and 1960 led to the collapse of the Federation. A second focus is on issues of social and economic development. For Africans in Nyasaland, and in rural parts of Northern Rhodesia, there was a relatively weak economy in this period, a pattern of limited cash crop production, while many people became caught up in labour migration, subordinate to powerful European-dominated economic forces within southern Africa. This meant that colonial policies aimed at rural development were fundamentally flawed. The book also looks at the actual nature of rural economic change (as opposed to colonial policies) and discusses alternative visions of the future which were put forward. The argument is put that historians have often concentrated on the activities of the main nationalist movements in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, seeing them as bringing progress away from colonialism and towards independence. Here there is an attempt to draw out the complexities of life, and a variety of responses in the colonial situation, progress coming in a number of forms, but not always being achieved.

How long is Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s?

Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s by Alan H. Cousins is 265 pages long, and a total of 67,575 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 9 minutes to read Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s aloud.

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Political Power and Colonial Development in British Central Africa 1938-1960s is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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