The Rise of an African Middle Class Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965

Name: The Rise of an African Middle Class Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965
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ISBN: 9780253215246

ISBN-10: 0253215242

ISBN-13: 9780253215246

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michael O. West

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In this fine-grained history, Michael O. West focuses on how the unintended consequences of colonialism lead to the creation of an African middle class in Zimbabwe. Tracing Africans' quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in numbers and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barriers imposed by colonialism to become the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Colonial and Postcolonial Place Names


Introduction



The Social Construction of the African Middle Class



Running against the Wind: African Social Mobility and Identity in a Settler Colonial Society



Courting "Miss Education": The Love Affair with Social Mobility



The Quest for Bourgeois Domesticity: On Homemakers and Households



The Best of All Homes: Housing and Security of Tenure



The Political Construction of the African Middle Class



A New Beginning: The Roots of African Politics, 1914-1933



Found and Lost: Toward an African Political Consensus, 1934-1948



Back toward the Beginning: The Pursuit of Racial Partnership, 1949-1958



An Aborted Coronation: In Search of the Political Kingdom, 1955-1965


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index