Description
Product ID: | 9780691180427 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History |
Title: | Citizen and Subject |
Subtitle: | Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism |
Authors: | Author: Mahmood Mamdani |
Page Count: | 384 |
Subjects: | African history, African history, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation and independence, Politics and government, Colonialism & imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Politics & government, Africa, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-05-01 |