Intermediaries, Interpreters, And Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa - Couverture souple

 
9780299219543: Intermediaries, Interpreters, And Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0299219542 ISBN 13 : 9780299219543
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2015

Synopsis

As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that "a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African." Africans in the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy often held positions of little official authority, but in practice these positions were lynchpins of colonial rule. As the primary intermediaries among European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject populations, these civil servants could manipulate the intersections of power, authority, and knowledge at the center of colonial society.
By uncovering the role of such men (and a few women) in the construction, function, and legal apparatus of colonial states, the essays in this volume highlight a new perspective. They offer important insights on hegemony, collaboration, and resistance, structures and changes in colonial rule, the role of language and education, the production of knowledge and expertise in colonial settings, and the impact of colonization in dividing African societies by gender, race, status, and class.

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À propos de l'auteur

Benjamin N. Lawrance is Professor of African History at the University of Arizona. Emily Lynn Osborn is an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago. Richard L. Roberts is the Frances and Charles Field Professor of History and codirector of the Center for African Studies at Stanford University.

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Éditeur
University of Wisconsin Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0299219542
ISBN 13 
9780299219543
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
342
Éditeur
Lawrance Benjamin N., Osborn Emily Lynn., Roberts Richard L.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780299219505: Intermediaries, Interpreters, And Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  029921950X ISBN 13 :  9780299219505
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2006
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