END OF EMPIRE IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA by Chafer, Tony ISBN 1859735525
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This title explores the process of decolonization of France's largest colony, French West Africa. The author challenges the traditional dichotomy between 'imperial' and 'colonial' history, and asks was successful decolonization achieved largely by accident.
Decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about the process in French West Africa. Overturning the traditional view of a 'successful decolonization', Chafer argues that it was a complex, piecemeal and unpredictable process, achieved largely by accident. In an effort to restore her world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was cager to maintain her overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later she had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control. The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the French approach was regarded as exemplary - that is, a smooth transition successfully managed by well intentioned French politicaiansand enlightened African leaders. Overturning this received wisdom, Chafer argues that the rapid unfurling of events after the Second World War was a complex, piecemeal and unpredictable process, resulting in a 'successful decolonization' that was achieved largely by accident. At independence, the winners assured the reins of political power, while the loosers were often repressed, imprissoned or silenced.
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[edit] Title
END OF EMPIRE IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA
[edit] Author
Chafer, Tony
[edit] ISBN
1859735525
[edit] Published
20/06/2002
[edit] Publisher
Berg Publishers Ltd
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
42.99 (GBP)
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42.99 (GBP)
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