LARRY BUTLER was educated at the Polytechnic of North London and King's College London, UK. He has taught at the University of East Anglia since 2002. Among his previous publications are Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa, 1939-1951 and Britain and Empire: Adjusting to a Post-Imperial World

'A valuable contribution to the historiography of business in central Africa, particularly during the period of decolonisation.' Andrew Cohen, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• Maps Introduction The Colonial State and the Development of the Copperbelt Wartime mobilisation The Post-war Commodity Boom (1946-1953) The Debate on Controlling the Mining Industry (1939-1952) The Copperbelt and the Central African Federation (1949-1957) The Demise of the Federation The Mining Industry and Zambian Independence Postscript: Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence Conclusion

LARRY BUTLER was educated at the Polytechnic of North London and King's College London, UK. He has taught at the University of East Anglia since 2002. Among his previous publications are Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa, 1939-1951 and Britain and Empire: Adjusting to a Post-Imperial World

'A valuable contribution to the historiography of business in central Africa, particularly during the period of decolonisation.' Andrew Cohen, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• Maps Introduction The Colonial State and the Development of the Copperbelt Wartime mobilisation The Post-war Commodity Boom (1946-1953) The Debate on Controlling the Mining Industry (1939-1952) The Copperbelt and the Central African Federation (1949-1957) The Demise of the Federation The Mining Industry and Zambian Independence Postscript: Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence Conclusion

LARRY BUTLER was educated at the Polytechnic of North London and King's College London, UK. He has taught at the University of East Anglia since 2002. Among his previous publications are Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa, 1939-1951 and Britain and Empire: Adjusting to a Post-Imperial World

'A valuable contribution to the historiography of business in central Africa, particularly during the period of decolonisation.' Andrew Cohen, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• Maps Introduction The Colonial State and the Development of the Copperbelt Wartime mobilisation The Post-war Commodity Boom (1946-1953) The Debate on Controlling the Mining Industry (1939-1952) The Copperbelt and the Central African Federation (1949-1957) The Demise of the Federation The Mining Industry and Zambian Independence Postscript: Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence Conclusion