Michael O. West

The Rise of an African Middle Class

Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965

Buch

Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe. -Elizabeth SchmidtTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in number and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-253-21524-6
EAN: 9780253215246
Produktnummer: 9692970
Verlag: Indiana University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 344 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.8 cm 499 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 499

Über den Autor

Michael O. West teaches in the Departments of Sociology and Africana Studies at Binghamton University. He is co-editor (with William G. Martin) of Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa. He has written widely on Zimbabwean and southern African history, and on the African diaspora.