The Long Shadow of the British Empire: The Ongoing Legacies of Race and Class in Zambia

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Springer, Dec 14, 2011 - History - 304 pages
This book explores the lived experiences of formerly colonized people in the privacy of their homes, communities, workplaces, and classrooms, and the associations created from these social interactions. It examines the centrality of gender and social identity in the formation of non-western people in the British Empire.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 White Mens Visitations
6
2 The Long Shadow of the British Empire
23
3 Bodily Inscriptions and Colonial Legitimizations
43
4 The HalfCaste Education Debate
71
5 Imperial Networks in a Transnational Context
107
6 Coloureds Status in Northern Rhodesia
131
7 The Fault of Our European Fathers
163
Creating Coloured in the 1950s
204
Epilogue
239
Notes
243
Index
293
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JULIETTE MILNER-THORNTONholds an Adjunct Research Fellowship at Griffith University. She also holds a doctorate from Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

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