The urban roots of democracy and political violence in Zimbabwe : Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964 /
"The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe details a democratic tradition developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and a movement that would fall victim to an increasingly elitist and divisive political culture by the 1960s. Providing biographical sketches of key personalities wi...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
©2008.
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Series: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Charles Mzingeli's leadership and imperial working-class citizenship
- Township protest politics
- Resistance to the Urban Areas Act and women's political influence
- Changing tactics : youth league politics and the end of accommodation
- The early sixties : violent protests and "sellout" politics
- The "imperialist stooge" and new levels of "sellout" political violence
- The ZAPU-ZANU split and the battlegrounds of Harare and Highfield.