{"product_id":"the-rise-of-an-african-middle-class-colonial-zimbabwe-1898-1965-9780253215246","title":"The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe. --Elizabeth Schmidt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in number and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barriers imposed by colonialism to become the locus of protest against European domination. This extensive and original book opens new perspective into relations between colonizers and colonized in colonial Zimbabwe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael O. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.06w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253215246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O. West teaches in the Departments of Sociology and Africana Studies at Binghamton University. He is co-editor (with William G. Martin) of Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa. He has written widely on Zimbabwean and southern African history, and on the African diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40490339696755,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4dee805c-c428-4d9e-9a4c-29c7ddafff22.jpg?v=1664888987","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-rise-of-an-african-middle-class-colonial-zimbabwe-1898-1965-9780253215246","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}