TY - BOOK AU - Chafer,Tony TI - The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful decolonization? SN - 9781845206307 AV - DT352.5 .C48 U1 - 960/.917541 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Berg KW - Decolonization KW - Africa, French-speaking West KW - D�ecolonisation KW - Afrique occidentale francophone KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Colonial influence KW - fast KW - Entkolonialisierung KW - gnd KW - Dekolonisatie KW - gtt KW - Africa KW - thema KW - African history KW - Colonialism & imperialism KW - European history KW - History KW - West Africa KW - ukslc KW - 1884-1960 KW - Histoire KW - Influence coloniale KW - French-speaking Western Africa KW - Westafrika KW - Frankreich N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index; Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War -- New political context, 1944-6 -- Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50 -- Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements -- Policy and politics, 1950-6 -- The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60 -- Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60 -- Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control. The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the Frenc h approach was regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully managed UR - http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781845206307 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10400648 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=328451 UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=cBhyAAAAMAAJ UR - http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/48958398.html UR - https://archive.org/details/endofempireinfre0000chaf UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=254539 UR - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24589651M UR - https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=243461 UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=StAndrews&isbn=9781845206307 UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=QMUL&isbn=9781845206307&uid=^u UR - http://VH7QX3XE2P.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=VH7QX3XE2P&S=JCs&C=TC0000359371&T=marc&tab=BOOKS UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002001531.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2002001531-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2002001531-d.html UR - https://openurl.ac.uk/ukfed:bat?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&rft.mms_id=991000832949702761 ER -