ISBN:
9783030326982
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Statement:
Britain and the World Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.80906891
Keywords:
Decolonization-History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Siting Settler Colonialism: Rhodesia in Perspective -- Rhodesian Settler Colonialism: Origins and Evolution -- The National: From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe? -- The Transnational: Rhodesia and Global Britishness -- A Race Against Time: Rhodesia and Its Rebellion -- Chapter 2 White Rhodesian Society ca.1950s-1980s -- White Rhodesian Demography -- Gender in White Rhodesia -- Demography and Immigration Policy After UDI -- European Politics in Rhodesia, 1953-1980 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Blood and Referendums: Nationalist History and the Case for a Unilateral Declaration of Independence -- The 1922 Referendum -- Talking About Talks: Independence in Settler Political Discourse 1959-1964 -- 'A People's Progress': Rhodesia's Record of Good Governance -- 'Rhodesia's Finest Hour': Rhodesia and the World Wars -- A Nation Under Arms -- Chapter 4 These Colours Don't Fade: Changing Rhodesia's Flag, 1967-1968 -- Rhodesia and Its Flags, 1953-1968 -- Colourful Bunting or National Banner? Rhodesia's Flag Debates, 1968 -- The New Flag Unfurled -- International Responses -- Conclusion: Flagging up Difference -- Chapter 5 Sovereign Independence? Rhodesians and the Monarchy, 1965-1970 -- Loyal Rebels and an Imperial Monarchy -- Rhodesian Republicanism, 1965-1969 -- Popular Reaction to the Constitutional Proposals -- Referendum Result Roundly Repudiates Regent -- The Rhodesian Republic, 1970-1979 -- 'Smithy': Father of the Rhodesian Nation? -- This New Rhodesia, Sovereign and Independent: The 1969 Constitution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 'The Last Word in Rhodesian': Visions of the Nation in White Rhodesian Music -- 'Guide Us Lord, to Wise Decision': Choosing the Rhodesian National Anthem -- Alternative Visions: Rhodesian Folk Songs of the 1970s -- The Troubadours of UDI.
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