This comprehensive history of Niger during the colonial period is a work based on primary research which attempts an overall appraisal of the colonial past. Dr Fuglestad questions the assumption that the colonial conquest constituted a clear break in African history. He traces the main trends of the colonial period back to their origins in the pre-colonial past. He also demonstrates that the power of colonial officials was less effective than is generally thought and that, though French colonial rule was the single most ...
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This comprehensive history of Niger during the colonial period is a work based on primary research which attempts an overall appraisal of the colonial past. Dr Fuglestad questions the assumption that the colonial conquest constituted a clear break in African history. He traces the main trends of the colonial period back to their origins in the pre-colonial past. He also demonstrates that the power of colonial officials was less effective than is generally thought and that, though French colonial rule was the single most important factor in shaping the present-day societies of Niger, it was still only one of the many contributing factors. While the main events of the modern history of Niger and the neighbouring regions of the Central Sudan and the Central Sahara are discussed and analysed in detail, the book focuses on long-term trends.
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6+275 pages, index, bibliography, notes, tables, maps: the first work based on primary research to treat the history of NIGER during the colonial period; hardback vg vg dw-loosely inserted is a detailed, typed 4 page review from Stephen Baier of Boston |University suggesting quite a few changes to the book.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 275. Original publisher's maroon cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. This comprehensive history of Niger during the colonial period is a work based on primary research which attempts an overall appraisal of the colonial past. Dr Fuglestad questions the assumption that the colonial conquest constituted a clear break in African history. ISBN: 0521101395 Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good in very good dust jacket.
