John Mccracken

A History of Malawi (eBook, PDF)

1859-1966

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A distinguished scholar's magnum opus and the first full account of Malawi's colonial history.

This is the first comprehensive history of Malawi during the colonial period. Using a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it places this history within the context of the pre-colonial past. The book examines the way in which British people, starting with David Livingstone, followed by the pioneer Scottish Presbyterian missionaries and including soldiers, speculators, colonial officials and politicians, played an influential part in shaping Malawi.But even more important is the story of how Malawian people responded to the intrusion of colonialism and imperialism and the role they played in the dissolution of the colonial state. There is much here on resistance to colonialoccupation, including religious-inspired revolt, on the shaping of the colonial economy, on the influence of Christian missions and on the growth of a powerful popular nationalism that contained within it the seeds of a new authoritarianism. But space is also given to less mainstream activities: the creation of dance societies, the eruption of witchcraft eradication movements and the emergence of football as a popular national sport. In particular, the book seeks to demonstrate the interrelationship between environmental and economic change and the impact these forces had on a poverty-stricken yet resilient Malawian peasantry.

John McCracken is Honorary Senior ResearchFellow, Stirling University. He has taught at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, University College of Dar es Salaam and was Professor and Head of the Department of History at Chancellor College, University of Malawi from 1980-83 and returned as Visiting Professor in 2009. John McCracken was awarded ASAUK's Distinguished Africanist Award in 2008.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 503
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782040286
• Artikelnr.: 56163574

Autorenporträt

John McCracken

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The land and the people Commerce
Christianity and colonial conquest The making of the colonial economy
1891-1915 Religion
culture and society The Chilembwe rising Malawi and the First World War Planters
peasants and migrants: the interwar years The Great Depression and its aftermath Contours of colonialism The age of development The urban experience Peasants and politicians
1943-1953 The liberation struggle
1953-1959 The making of Malawi
1959-1963 Prelude to independence: unity and diversity Revolt and realignment
1964-1966