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001 2012288354
003 DLC
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008 121026s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a9781847010506 (James Currey : Cloth)
020 $a1847010504 (James Currey : Cloth)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn775420098
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aDT3201$b.M33 2012
082 04 $a968.9702$223
100 1 $aMcCracken, John,$d1938-
245 12 $aA history of Malawi, 1859-1966 /$cJohn McCracken.
260 $aWoodbridge, Suffolk :$bJames Currey ;$aRochester, NY :$bBoydell & Brewer,$c2012.
300 $axviii, 485 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
520 $a"This is the first comprehensive history of Malawi during the colonial period. Using a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it places this history within the context of the pre-colonial past. The book examines the way in which British people, starting with David Livingstone, followed by the pioneer Scottish Presbyterian missionaries and including soldiers, speculators, colonial officials and politicians, played an influential part in shaping Malawi. But even more important is the story of how Malawian people responded to the intrusion of colonialism and imperialism and the role they played in the dissolution of the colonial state. There is much here on resistance to colonial occupation, including religious-inspired revolt, on the shaping of the colonial economy, on the influence of Christian missions and on the growth of a powerful popular nationalism that contained within it the seeds of a new authoritarianism. But space is also given to less mainstream activities: the creation of dance societies, the eruption of witchcraft eradication movements and the emergence of football as a popular national sport. In particular, the book seeks to demonstrate the interrelationship between environmental and economic change and the impact these forces had on a poverty-stricken yet resilient Malawian peasantry."--Publisher's website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 461-471) and index.
505 0 $aThe land and the people -- Commerce, Christianity and colonial conquest -- The making of the colonial economy, 1891-1915 -- Religion, culture and society -- The Chilembwe rising -- Malawi and the First World War -- Planters, peasants and migrants: the interwar years -- The Great Depression and its aftermath -- Contours of colonialism -- The age of development -- The urban experience -- Peasants and politicians, 1943-1953 -- The liberation struggle, 1953-1959 -- The making of Malawi, 1959-1963 -- Prelude to independence: unity and diversity -- Revolt and realignment, 1964-1966.
651 0 $aMalawi$xHistory.