Unpopular sovereignty Rhodesian independence and African decolonization / Luise White.

Author/creator White, Luise author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Descriptionxvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Decolonization--Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe--History. --1965-1980.
Zimbabwe--History. --Autonomy and independence movements.
Zimbabwe--History. --1890-1965.

Contents "The last good white man left": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the decolonization of British Africa -- "Racial representation of the worst type": the 1957 Franchise Commission, citizenship, and the problem of polygyny -- "European opinion and African capacities": the life and times of the 1961 Constitution -- "A rebellion by a population the size of Portsmouth": the status of Rhodesia's independence, 1965-1969 -- "A James Bond would be truly at home": sanctions and sanctions busters -- "Politics as we know the term": tribes, chiefs, and the 1969 Constitution -- "Other peoples' sons": conscription, citizenship, and families, 1970-1980 -- "Why come now and ask us for our opinion?": the 1972 Pearce Commission and the African National Council -- "Your vote means peace": the making and the unmaking of the internal settlement, 1975-1979 -- "Lancaster House was redundant": constitutions, citizens, and the frontline presidents -- "Adequate and acceptable": the 1980 election and the idea of decolonization -- "People such as ourselves": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the history of Zimbabwe.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2014030670
ISBN9780226235059 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022623505X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226235196 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN022623519X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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