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Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

The Cold War and Decolonization,1960–1984

By: Timothy Lewis Scarnecchia

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Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

The Cold War and Decolonization,1960–1984

By: Timothy Lewis Scarnecchia

The 'Rhodesian crisis' of the 1960s and 1970s, and the early-1980s crisis of independent Zimbabwe, can be understood against the background of Cold War historical transformations brought on by, among other things, African decolonization in the 1960s; the failure of American power in Vietnam and the rise of Third World political power. In this history of the diplomacy of decolonization in Zimbabwe, Timothy Scarnecchia examines the rivalry between Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, and shows how both leaders took advantage of Cold War racialized thinking about what Zimbabwe should be. Based on a wealth of archival source materials, Scarnecchia uncovers how foreign relations bureaucracies in the US, UK, and South Africa created a Cold War 'race state' notion of Zimbabwe that permitted them to rationalize Mugabe's state crimes in return for Cold War loyalty to Western powers. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009281666

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9781009281669

African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

By: Timothy Joseph Stapleton

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African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

By: Timothy Joseph Stapleton

Recruiting and motivations for enlistment -- Perceptions of African security force members -- Education and upward mobility -- Camp life -- African women and the security forces -- Objections and reforms -- Travel and danger -- Demobilization and veterans.

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University Rochester Press

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1580463800

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9781580463805

Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women

Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe

By: Timothy Burke

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Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe

By: Timothy Burke

How do people come to need products they never even knew they wanted? How, for example, did indigenous Zimbabweans of the 1940s begin to believe that they required Lifebuoy soap? Offering a glimpse into the intimate workings of modern colonialism and global capitalism, Timothy Burke takes up these questions in Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women, a study of post-World War II commodity culture in Zimbabwe. With particular attention to cosmetic products and the contrast between colonial and pre-colonial ideas of cleanliness, Burke examines the role played by commodity culture, changing patterns of consumption, and the spread of advertising in the making of modern Zimbabwe. His work combines history, anthropology, and political economy to show how the development of commodification in the region relates to the social history of hygiene. Within this framework, and drawing on a wide variety of historical sources, Burke explores dense interactions between commodity culture and embodied aspects of race, gender, sexuality, domesticity, health, and aesthetics in a colonial society. Rather than viewing the production of needs simply as an imposition from above, Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women shows what heterogeneous and complex processes, involving the aims and histories of both colonizers and colonized, produced these changes in Zimbabwean society. Integrating political economy, cultural studies, and a wide range of the social sciences, Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women will find readers among scholars of colonialism, African history, and ethnography as well those for whom the problem of commodification is a significant theoretical issue.

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Duke University Press

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0822317621

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9780822317623

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

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The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

The author further proposes that this recourse to political violence, "top-down" nationalism, and the abandonment of urban democratic traditions are all hallmarks of a particular type of nationalism equally unsustainable in Zimbabwe then as it is now."--BOOK JACKET.

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University Rochester Press

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1580462812

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The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

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Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

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Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

The Cold War and Decolonization,1960–1984

By: Timothy Lewis Scarnecchia

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The Cold War and Decolonization,1960–1984

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Book's by Timothy Scarnecchia

Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women

Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe

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