Description: Unpopular Sovereignty by Luise White In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia (after 1980 Zimbabwe) issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. In doing so, Rhodesia became the exception, if not anathema, to the policies and practices of the end of empire. In Unpopular Sovereignty, Luise White shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa: indeed, this history of Rhodesian political practices reveals some of the commonalities of mid-twentieth-century thinking about place and race and how much government should link the two. White locates Rhodesias independence in the era of decolonization in Africa, a time of great intellectual ferment in ideas about race, citizenship, and freedom. She shows that racists and reactionaries were just as concerned with questions of sovereignty and legitimacy as African nationalists were and took special care to design voter qualifications that could preserve their version of legal statecraft. Examining how the Rhodesian state managed its own governance and electoral politics, she casts an oblique and revealing light by which to rethink the narratives of decolonization. Author Biography Luise White is professor of history at the University of Florida. She is the author of four books, including The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Table of Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Sources Place Names, Party Names, and Currency 1 "The last good white man left": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the Decolonization of British Africa 2 "Racial representation of the worst type": The 1957 Franchise Commission, Citizenship, and the Problem of Polygyny 3 "European opinion and African capacities": The Life and Times of the 1961 Constitution 4 "A rebellion by a population the size of Portsmouth": The Status of Rhodesias Independence, 1965-1969 5 "A James Bond would be truly at home": Sanctions and Sanctions Busters 6 "Politics as we know the term": Tribes, Chiefs, and the 1969 Constitution 7 "Other peoples sons": Conscription, Citizenship, and Families, 1970-1980 8 "Why come now and ask us for our opinion?": The 1972 Pearce Commission and the African National Council 9 "Your vote means peace": The Making and the Unmaking of the Internal Settlement, 1975-1979 10 "Lancaster House was redundant": Constitutions, Citizens, and the Frontline Presidents 11 "Adequate and acceptable": The 1980 Election and the Idea of Decolonization 12 "People such as ourselves": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the History of Zimbabwe Bibliography Index Review "Unpopular Sovereignty is an insightful and important book, one that sheds a great deal of light on the complexities of sovereignty, self-determination, and citizenship; on the possibilities and limitations of electoral politics; and on the relationship of territorial politics to global norms." (Frederick Cooper, author of Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960) Review Quote "Whites Unpopular Sovereignty is a groundbreaking contribution to studies of decolonization. She places the seemingly anomalous history of Rhodesian independence within the decolonization of the rest of Africa. This is combined with a reanimation of the history of the high politics of late colonialism by incisive accounts of the effects of various franchise commissions and experiments at constitution writing. The result is one of the most decisive challenges to linear versions of decolonization: of Rhodesia-into-Zimbabwe, to be sure, but also, more broadly, of colonies into nation-states. Written with characteristic brilliance, verve, and wit, Unpopular Sovereignty will become indispensable reading for scholars of colonialism and of the postcolonial world." Details ISBN022623505X Author Luise White Pages 368 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 022623505X ISBN-13 9780226235059 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 968.9104 Illustrations 5 halftones Short Title UNPOPULAR SOVEREIGNTY Language English Media Book UK Release Date 2015-03-23 Publication Date 2015-03-23 AU Release Date 2015-03-23 NZ Release Date 2015-03-23 US Release Date 2015-03-23 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161778901;
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ISBN-13: 9780226235059
Book Title: Unpopular Sovereignty
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Name: Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization
Language: English
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
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Subject: Anthropology, History
Publication Year: 2015
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Author: Luise White
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