Citizen and subject contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism / Mahmood Mamdani, with a new preface by the author.

Author/creator Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
EditionNew paperback edition.
Publication InfoPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Descriptionxxiv, 353 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesPrinceton studies in culture/power/history
Princeton studies in culture/power/history. ^A251672
Contents Introduction: thinking through Africa's impasse -- The structure of power. Decentralized despotism ; Indirect rule: the politics of decentralized despotism ; Customary law: the theory of decentralized despotism ; The native authority and the free peasantry -- The anatomy of resistance. The other face of tribalism: peasant movements in equatorial Africa ; The rural in the urban: migrant workers in South Africa ; Conclusion: linking the urban and the rural.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-337) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017958312
ISBN0691180423 (paperback)
ISBN9780691180427 (paperback)