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Into Africa
I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 62.50In the long history of the British Empire there are few stories as singular as that of Margery Perham. From the moment she first set foot on African soil in 1921, to her death over sixty years later, Perham was focused on the ways and means of Britain's administration of its African domains. She acquired an unrivalled expertise in all aspects of... more...
Origins of Pan-Africanism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.95Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams, an unknown Trinidadian son of an immigrant carpenter in the late-19th and early 20th century. Williams, then a student in Britain, organized the African Association in 1897, and the first-ever Pan-African... more...
French Military Rule in Morocco
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 190.00This analysis of French colonial ideology and interest in Morocco delineates the manner in which the agents of the protectorate regime sought to conquer the country and control its indigenous inhabitants. Numerous comparative perspectives are offered, placing the French policy towards Morocco in a wider context, making this study relevant to not only... more...
European Imperialism and the Partition of Africa
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 175.00This volume seeks to explain the European partition of Africa between 1880-1900. more...
Morocco Under Colonial Rule
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 190.00This evaluation of the work of a colonial administration uses an analysis of the policies employed in the fields of education, administration, justice and agriculture. It shows how a largely archaic and isolated country transformed itself and its relationship with the western world. more...
A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 290.00This invaluable Dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book's usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible. Key features * Provides authoritative... more...
The Turning Point in Africa
Taylor and Francis 1982; US$ 166.95This is a study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-wqr eyars to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after World War II. more...
Murder in Marrakesh
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 23.95"In Morocco, nobody dies without a reason." -- Susan Gilson Miller, Harvard University In the years leading up to World War I, the Great Powers of Europe jostled one another for control over Morocco, the last sovereign nation in North Africa. France beat out its rivals and added Morocco to ... more...
Prelude to Protectorate in Morocco
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 30.00At last we are beginning to learn as much about the French empire as the British, so that generalizations about imperialism need not continue to be skewed, as they hav,e been in the past, by drawing too many of our data from the British experience. The present study makes a major contribution in this direction, providing as it does the first nearly... more...
French Caribbeans in Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. more...









