Bibliograph

Rethinking Resistance, Revolt and Violence in African History, edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn

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Rethinking Resistance, Revolt and Violence in African History, edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rethinking Resistance

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1257379225

Responsibility statement

edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn

Series statement

Brill E-Books - Social Sciences Archive 2000-2006African Dynamics, 2Brill E-Books

Sub title

Revolt and Violence in African History

Summary

Revolts and violence have always been features of African history but questions frequently still remain as to what and who the targets of resistance were. This volume reviews the subject of resistance in the light of current scholarly thought. Were political forms of resistance directed at the imposition or ending of colonial rule or at African elites profiting from the onset of capitalist relations of production? Or did they have purely sociological or religious roots? With contributions from historians, anthropologists and political scientists, Rethinking Resistance analyzes the concepts of resistance, violence and ideological imagination, and has chapters on uprisings and revolts in nineteenth-century pre-colonial societies and early colonial Africa, post-colonial rebellions and more recent and contemporary conflicts.--, Provided by publisher

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Revolt and Violence in African History

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