African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Timothy Stapleton
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Hardcover. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 330 pages, 23, 23 black and white. A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JKSW1. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 32. Weight: 638.
A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. Making use of archival documents, period newspapers, and oral interviews, African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 examines the ambiguous experience of black security personnel, police, and soldiers in white-ruled Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1923 through independence and majority rule in 1980. Across the continent, European colonial rule could not have been maintained without African participation in the police and army. In Southern Rhodesia, lack of white manpower meant that despite fear of mutiny, blacks played an ... Read more
A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. Making use of archival documents, period newspapers, and oral interviews, African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 examines the ambiguous experience of black security personnel, police, and soldiers in white-ruled Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1923 through independence and majority rule in 1980. Across the continent, European colonial rule could not have been maintained without African participation in the police and army. In Southern Rhodesia, lack of white manpower meant that despite fear of mutiny, blacks played an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463805
SKU
V9781580463805
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About Timothy Stapleton
TIMOTHY STAPLETON is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary.
Reviews for African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
This book will certainly contribute to the growing historical focus on the phenomenon of African loyalism in colonial Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
A highly significant and engaging monograph with many insights to offer to scholars and students alike on the particular history of Southern Rhodesia/modern Zimbabwe and Southern Africa as a whole.
H-NET ... Read more
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
A highly significant and engaging monograph with many insights to offer to scholars and students alike on the particular history of Southern Rhodesia/modern Zimbabwe and Southern Africa as a whole.
H-NET ... Read more