Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980Routledge, 2015 M03 24 - 262 pages Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that comprised the British presence in Africa: the slave traders and slaves, missionaries and explorers, imperialists and miners, farmers, settlers, lawyers, chiefs, prophets, intellectuals, politicians, and soldiers of all colors. The authors show that the oft-told narrative of a monolithic imperial power ruling inexorably over passive African victims no longer stands scrutiny; rather, at every turn, Africans and Britons interacted with one another in a complex set of relationships that involved as much cooperation and negotiation as resistance and force, whether during the era of the slave trade, the world wars, or the period of decolonization. The British presence provoked a wide range of responses, reactions, and transformations in various aspects of African life; but at the same time, the experience of empire in Africa – and its ultimate collapse – also compelled the British to view themselves and their empire in new ways. Written by an Africanist and a historian of imperial Britain and illustrated with maps and photographs, Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 provides a uniquely rich perspective for understanding both African and British history. |
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... history. Myles Osborne is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2008 and is the author of Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya: Loyalty and Martial Race among the ...
... History. Susan Kingsley Kent is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her publications include Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860–1914; Making Peace: The Reconstruction of Gender in Interwar Britain; Gender and ...
... History. 4. Africa¦ Colonial influence¦History. 5. Great Britain¦Colonies¦Africa¦ History. I. Kent, Susan Kingsley, 1952 May 9¥II. Title. DT32.O83 2015 960.00421¦dc23 2014039878 ISBN: 978-0-415-73752-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-73753-1 (pbk)
... History Department here in Boulder, I decided that volunteering to teach the senior capstone class with the department chair was a sensible diplomatic move. Little did I realize that Susan and I would end up teaching. ®The. British Empire ...
... history; she caught my mistakes, offered alternative interpretations, and made this a far better book. We are in their debt. Together we wish to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of our editors at Routledge, who have provided ...
Contents
Missionaries merchants and explorers 1840s1880s | |
The scramble for Africa 1870s1890s | |
Violence negotiation and consolidating British rule 1890s1914 | |
Africans in the white mans wars 19141945 | |
Independence for Africans and Britons 1960s1970s | |
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