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Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 (Hardcover)
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Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 (Hardcover)
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Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the
stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples
over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue,
Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that
comprised the British presence in Africa: the slave traders and
slaves, missionaries and explorers, imperialists and miners,
farmers, settlers, lawyers, chiefs, prophets, intellectuals,
politicians, and soldiers of all colors. The authors show that the
oft-told narrative of a monolithic imperial power ruling inexorably
over passive African victims no longer stands scrutiny; rather, at
every turn, Africans and Britons interacted with one another in a
complex set of relationships that involved as much cooperation and
negotiation as resistance and force, whether during the era of the
slave trade, the world wars, or the period of decolonization. The
British presence provoked a wide range of responses, reactions, and
transformations in various aspects of African life; but at the same
time, the experience of empire in Africa - and its ultimate
collapse - also compelled the British to view themselves and their
empire in new ways. Written by an Africanist and a historian of
imperial Britain and illustrated with maps and photographs,
Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 provides a
uniquely rich perspective for understanding both African and
British history.
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