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The rising tide of cultural pluralism: the nation-state at bay?
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ISBN: 0299138844 Year: 1993 Publisher: Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press

The accommodation of cultural diversity : case studies
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ISBN: 0333763076 Year: 1999 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): St. Martin's


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The post-colonial state in Africa
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ISBN: 9780299291440 9780299291433 0299291448 9781299192355 1299192351 029929143X Year: 2012 Publisher: Madison The University of Wisconsin Press

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The African colonial state in comparative perspective
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ISBN: 0585382786 9780585382784 9780300164473 0300164475 0300058020 9780300058024 0300068794 Year: 1994 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

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In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history.Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (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 the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around 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 established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history.Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of this troubled continent.


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Politics in the Congo : decolonization and independence.
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Year: 1965 Publisher: Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press,

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Ethnicity and politics in Africa
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ISBN: 0915118173 Year: 2002 Publisher: Boston (Mass.) : Boston university. African studies center,

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The African colonial state in comparative perspective
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Introduction à la politique congolaise
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Year: 1968 Publisher: Bruxelles CRISP

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