The rise of nationalism in Central Africa; the making of Malawi and Zambia, 1873-1964

Title
  1. The rise of nationalism in Central Africa; the making of Malawi and Zambia, 1873-1964 [by] Robert I. Rotberg.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1965.
Author
  1. Rotberg, Robert I.

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Additional authors
  1. Harvard University. Center for International Affairs.
Description
  1. xv, 362 pages illustrations, maps, portraits; 22 cm
Summary
  1. Detailed study of the political evolution of two independent states of tropical Africa, tracing their efforts to achieve self-government.
Series statement
  1. Harvard paperbacks ; 39
Uniform title
  1. Harvard paperback ; 39.
Subject
  1. Geschichte 1873-1964
  2. Nationalism > Malawi
  3. Nationalism > Zambia
  4. British colonies
  5. Nationalism
  6. Nationalisme
  7. Staatsvorming
  8. Nationalism > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  9. Malawi > History
  10. Zambia > History
  11. Great Britain > Colonies > History. > Africa
  12. Africa
  13. Malawi
  14. Zambia
  15. Malawi
  16. Sambia
  17. Africa, Sub-Saharan > History
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. The coming of the Europeans. The explorers ; The missionaries ; The conquest ; Governing the people -- The character of white rule. The problem of land rights ; The imposition of hut and poll taxes ; Colonial government, justice, and discrimination -- The beginnings of indigenous protest. The first stirrings of discontent ; The vision of a black Jerusalem ; Resistance and rebellion in early Rhodesian society ; The Nyasaland rising of 1915 -- The attempt to achieve minority rule. The search for security ; The settler challenge -- African voluntary associations and the expression of incipient nationalism. Nyasaland: the proliferation of "native associations" ; Welfare associations: the Rhodesian pattern -- The religious expression of dissatisfaction. The Watch Tower movement ; Mwana Lesa and the finding of witches ; The schismatic sects ; Wilfred Good and the Ana a Mulungu -- Industrialization and the expression of urban discontent. The first mass protest: 1935 ; A second round of hostility: 1940 -- Discovering their voice: the formation of national political movements. The creation of the Nyasaland African Congress ; The representation of African interests in Northern Rhodesia -- Paramountcy versus partnership: the battle of federation. From the Victoria Falls to Brondesbury Park ; Back to the Victoria Falls ; The road to Carlton House terrace -- The federal dream and African reality. The bitterness ; "Toiling and going to prison" ; The new militancy ; The struggle for power -- The triumph of nationalism. The new parties ; The stages of victory.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. "Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [329]-340.