Turning Point in Africa : British Colonial Policy 1938-48 Hardback
by Robert D. Pearce
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The Turning Point in Africa (1982) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after the Second World War.
Charting a course through a wide variety of official sources and private papers, the work assesses the importance for colonial policy of the Colonial Office, the Colonial Service, the Labour Party, African nationalists, and of ideological and moral preconceptions.
The revolution in African policy is investigated with a wide and yet detailed approach.
Special attention is devoted to the effects of the Second World War on Britain and its empire and to the importance of American anti-imperialist pressure on the British Government.
The importance of three men – the adviser Lord Hailey, politician Arthur Creech Jones and civil servant Andrew Cohen – receives attention and an assessment is made of their contribution to a policy which, from 1948 onwards, led to a rapid decolonization in large parts of Africa.
The significance of this policy is analysed in detail.
The British aimed at ‘nation-building’: indirect rule was to be replaced by the forms of English-style local government while rapid constitutional progress at the centre was to be conceded, in accordance with a preconceived model, once powerful nationalist movements had arisen.
However, as the book shows, progress at the centre was introduced prematurely and outstripped reform in local government so that progress was not the balanced development the British had wished to see.
Decolonization had been given an irreversible momentum by British planning.
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- Publication Date:03/05/2023
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:234 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/05/2023
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Category:
- Biography: historical, political & military
- Regional studies
- Development studies
- Peace studies & conflict resolution
- Humanities
- General & world history
- European history
- British & Irish history
- Asian history
- African history
- History of the Americas
- Australasian & Pacific history
- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
- Medieval history
- Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
- Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2..
- History: specific events & topics
- Social & cultural history
- Colonialism & imperialism
- National liberation & independence, post-colonia..
- Slavery & abolition of slavery
- Military history
- Popular culture
- Social groups
- Social classes
- Hispanic & Latino studies
- Indigenous peoples
- Social & cultural anthropology
- Social welfare & social services
- Politics & government
- Regional government
- International relations
- Diplomacy
- Warfare & defence
- Political economy
- Economic systems & structures
- Economic history
- Law & society
- Legal profession: general
- Legal history
- Parliamentary & legislative practice
- Political geography
- Regional geography
- Geographical discovery & exploration
- ISBN:9781032444918