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.