The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization? /

Chafer, Tony,

The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization? / [print] Tony Chafer. - Oxford : Berg, (c)2002. - xviii, 264 pages : illustrations, map.



Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War ; -- New political context, 1944-6 ; -- Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50 ; -- Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements ; -- Policy and politics, 1950-6 ; -- The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60 ; -- Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60 ; -- Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy.

9781845206307




Decolonization--Africa, French-speaking West.


Electronic books.

DT.P965.E536 2002