End of Empire in French West Africa France's Successful Decolonization

Name: End of Empire in French West Africa France's Successful Decolonization
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ISBN: 9781859735572

ISBN-10: 1859735576

ISBN-13: 9781859735572

Edition: 2002

Authors: Tony Chafer

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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 if successful decolonisation happened largely by accident.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 6/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Tony Chafer is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at the University of Portsmouth and Director of its Centre for European and International Studies Research



List of Figures


Preface


Glossary


Introduction


Notes



Prelude to Decolonization: the Popular Front and the Second World War


Notes



New Political Context 1944-6



'decolonization through Assimilation': the Struggle for Emancipation, 1946-50


Notes



Building the Nationalist Movement 1950-6: the Trade Union, Student and Youth Movements


Notes



Policy and Politics 1950-6


Notes



The Loi-Cadre and the 'balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60


Notes



Nationalist Politics and the Campaign for Independence, 1957-60


Notes



Conclusion: Decolonization and the French Colonial Legacy


Notes


Chronology


Bibliography


Index