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The Government and Administration of Africa, 18801939

Editors: Casper Andersen, Aarhus University and Andrew Cohen, University of the Free State
Britain and Africa 5 Volume Set: c.2000pp: April 2013 978 1 84893 318 7: 234x156mm: 450/$795

European colonialism has come under increasing attention with the recent political developments in Africa. Some scholars have drawn parallels between nineteenth-century imperialism and modern Chinese and American foreign policies. This collection makes available rare primary sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa. Topics examined include: land and town planning, law and policing, taxation, health and labour, missionary influence, recruitment, training and the ethics of government. These carefully selected documents include printed regulations, manuals agreements and reports, together with confidential memoranda and manuscript letters. Texts have been chosen to reflect change over time and illuminate the main spheres of current academic research and new and emerging subject areas. The collection will be of interest to those undertaking research on the history of empire, British history, development studies, economic history and the history of science, technology and medicine.

The British Colonial Secretary W G A Ormsby-Gore and other British colonial officials with the Alake of Abeokuta in what is now Nigeria Mary Evans/Sddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Contains over 120 rare primary resources Sources come from archives including The Sudan Archive at the University of Durham, Rhodes House Library, Oxford, the National Archives and Derbyshire County Records Office Covers all key areas of administration with a focus on practices that affected local relationships Editorial apparatus includes a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes and endnotes, setting the source material within its historical context A consolidated index appears in the final volume

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Contents Volume 1: Recruitment and Training
The British administration in Africa was carried out using a relatively small number of specially trained officials. In 1937 when numbers reached their peak, the average single British civil servant was responsible for more than 37,000 Africans. Training and guidance for the Colonial Service came in a variety of forms. Included in this volume are speeches, training manuals, pamphlets, reports, despatches, private papers and memoirs, journal articles, conference proceedings and memoranda. Texts include: Colonial Service Regulations (1911), the Warren Fisher Report (1930) and Bronisaw Malinowski, Memorandum on Colonial Research (Manuscript).

Volume 4: Rural and Urban Land

With its growing territories, Britain had to establish new systems of land tenure and exploitation. With this came a divergence between rural areas and rapidly expanding urban centres. Provision had to be made for new types of land development and administration, including the establishment of mining towns. As a result, policies surrounding issues of white settlement, racial segregation and the relationship between Indian immigrants and local African populations increasingly occupied those tasked with administering the colonies. Sources include: official memoranda, correspondence, reports, speeches and manuscript documents covering Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rhodesia (north and south), Sudan and Zanzibar.

Volume 2: Governance and Law

Following the model used in India, Britain initially established its rule in Africa through a series of mercantile companies. However, this proved no match for the state-supported protectorates of other colonial powers and the territories were transferred to direct British governmental control. The administrative structure established by Lord Lugard in the north of Nigeria was then adopted in other areas under British dominion. After a period of amalgamation, local governance gradually moved towards more indirect rule, and some power eventually devolved to a native administration. Documents in this volume cover: Cameroon, Egypt, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Matabeleland, Natal, Nigeria (north and south), Rhodesia (north and south), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanganyika Territory, Togoland, Uganda (including some on Buganda) and Zanzibar.

Volume 5: Administration of Health, Labour and Other Issues of Administration

British administration in Africa relied on a large indigenous labour force. The Colonial Medical Service was charged with keeping these people in good health, and was of great importance in the smooth running of British interests in Africa. In addition to medical and nursing assistance, the administration helped to develop new systems of sanitation. Education, missionary activities, the control of alcohol consumption and slavery are among the other issues covered in this volume. Documents presented here include: official reports, conference proceedings, papers from missionary societies, despatches including one from Winston Churchill , letters, memoranda, journal articles and pamphlets. This volume contains the largest proportion of manuscript material.

Volume 3: Taxation and Expenditure

Together with advantages of trade, the British were able to collect revenues from its dominions. These revenues included customs duties, land duties, commodity taxes and poll tax. Taxation led to friction amongst poor Africans, leading to uprisings such as the Hut Tax War of 1898. Territories represented by texts in this volume include: British South Africa, Egypt, the Gambia, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Nigeria (the north and coastal regions, including Abeokuta and Ibadan), Nyasaland, Rhodesia (south), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanganyika Territory and Uganda (districts of Bugwere, Budama, Bugishu, Teso, Lango, Karamoja, Gulu, Chua, West Nile, Buganda, Busoga and Bunyoro).

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Britain and Africa

Series Editor: David Sunderland, University of Greenwich Advisory Editor: Godfrey N Uzoigwe, Mississippi State University
This ambitious and pioneering cross-disciplinary series seeks to explore Britains involvement in Africa through the collection of rare or not widely available primary resources. It will be of interest to all historians working in this area and to those involved in development studies. The series of multi-volume sets contains material relating to every aspect of Britains relationship with the continent and to all the countries in which Britain had a presence, including those smaller colonies and protectorates that have received comparatively little attention. Care is taken to ensure that the documents chosen reflect change over time and illuminate the main spheres of current academic research and new and emerging subject areas. Sources provide African views of the development process and help to reveal the relationship between colonizers and the colonized and the impact white settlement had on African societies. In addition to the source material, each collection includes a substantial introduction, thematic introductions, explanatory notes to the texts, a full bibliography of contemporary and more recent secondary material on the subject and an index. All source material is reset.

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Economic Development of Africa, 18801939

Editor: David Sunderland Advisory Editor: Godfrey N Uzoigwe
One of the main motives for British imperialism in Africa was economic gain. This collection examines how Britains development of Africa benefited her own economy. In addition, it explores the impact this had on African societies and the economic roles of Africans. Topics examined include: agricultural production of foods and non-foods; the marketing of produce; white settlement of farm lands; the emergence of trade, mining, industry and banking; African enterprise; and the supply of labour and working conditions. Britain and Africa 5 Volume Set: 2272pp: 2011 978 1 84893 063 6: 234x156mm: 450/$795

Communications in Africa, 18801939

Editor: David Sunderland Advisory Editor: Godfrey N Uzoigwe
To support its economic interests in Africa, Britain constructed a sophisticated transport and communications infrastructure. This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication. The first four volumes focus on the continents railway system, while the final volume considers the construction of Africas road network, river navigation, harbour construction, shipping, and the arrival of aviation and postal, telegraph and telephone services. Britain and Africa 5 Volume Set: 2144pp: February 2012 978 1 84893 064 3: 234x156mm: 450/$795

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