Unpopular sovereignty : Rhodesian independence and African decolonization /
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| Author / Creator: | White, Luise, author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015. |
| Description: | xvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10958022 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Place Names, Party Names, and Currency
- 1. "The last good white man left": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the Decolonization of British Africa
- 2. "Racial representation of the worst type": The 1957 Franchise Commission, Citizenship, and the Problem of Polygyny
- 3. "European opinion and African capacities": The Life and Times of the 1961 Constitution
- 4. "A rebellion by a population the size of Portsmouth": The Status of Rhodesia's Independence, 1965-1969
- 5. "A James Bond would be truly at home": Sanctions and Sanctions Busters
- 6. "Politics as we know the term": Tribes, Chiefs, and the 1969 Constitution
- 7. "Other peoples' sons": Conscription, Citizenship, and Families, 1970-1980
- 8. "Why come now and ask us for our opinion?": The 1972 Pearce Commission and the African National Council
- 9. "Your vote means peace": The Making and the Unmaking of the Internal Settlement, 1975-1979
- 10. "Lancaster House was redundant": Constitutions, Citizens, and the Frontline Presidents
- 11. "Adequate and acceptable": The 1980 Election and the Idea of Decolonization
- 12. "People such as ourselves": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the History of Zimbabwe
- Bibliography
- Index