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100 1 $aYoung, Crawford,$d1931-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81103586
245 14 $aThe African colonial state in comparative perspective /$cCrawford Young.
260 $aNew Haven :$bLondon :$bYale University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
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300 $axii, 356 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-348) and index.
505 0 $a1. Bula Matari and the Contemporary African Crisis -- 2. On the State -- 3. The Nature and Genesis of the Colonial State -- 4. Constructing Bula Matari -- 5. The Colonial State Institutionalized -- 6. Toward African Independence -- 7. The Ambiguous Challenge of Civil Society -- 8. The Imperial Legacy and State Traditions -- 9. The Afterlife of the African Colonial State: Concluding Reflections.
520 $aIn this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy.".
520 8 $aCrawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the characteristics of European empires of the past (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive.
520 8 $aThe high number of nations competing for power on the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly yet make the colonies self-financing drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that distanced rulers from subjects was especially central to African colonial history.
520 8 $aYoung concludes by comparing the fates of former African colonies with those of their once-colonized counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching similarities and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of a troubled continent.
650 0 $aColonies$zAfrica$xHistory.
650 0 $aColonies$zAfrica$xAdministration$xHistory.
651 0 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001570
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