Labour and Economic Change in Southern Africa c.1900-2000

Name: Labour and Economic Change in Southern Africa c.1900-2000
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Labour and Economic Change in Southern Africa c.1900-2000Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi\nAuthor(s): Rory Pilossof, Andrew Cohen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367467760, 978-0367467760\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the social and economic development of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi over the course of the twentieth century.\n\nThese three countries have long shared and interconnected pasts. All three were drawn into the British Empire at a similar time and the formation of the ill-fated Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland formally linked these countries together for a decade in the mid-twentieth century. This formal political relationship created dynamics that resulted in yet closer economic and social links. After Federation, the economic realities of industry, transport and labour supplies meant that these three countries continued to be intricately interconnected. Yet despite these connected pasts, comparative w.