Overview
- Explores the role played by companies of former colonial states in both the economies and development policies of the newly independent African countries and in the development policies of the former colonial powers
- Chapters show how foreign enterprise was not simply challenged by the new international landscape, but benefitted from the opportunities it offered, especially development aid
- Advances research in the history of business, development and colonialism by focusing on the post-colonial period
Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sarah Stockwell is Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at King’s College London, UK. Her research focuses on the history of British decolonisation, especially in Africa. Her publications include The Business of Decolonization. British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast (2000), The British End of the British Empire (2018), and, as editor, The British Empire. Themes and Perspectives (2007) and, with L.J. Butler, The Wind of Change: Harold Macmillan and British Decolonization (2013).
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Book Title: The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa
Editors: Véronique Dimier, Sarah Stockwell
Series Title: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51106-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51105-0Published: 14 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51108-1Published: 15 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51106-7Published: 13 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2635-1633
Series E-ISSN: 2635-1641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 360
Topics: African History, Imperialism and Colonialism, European History, Development and Post-Colonialism, Economic History