Rhodesia and Zimbabwe in the British Press

Representations of Colonialism and Liberation in Southern Africa, c.1951-80

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Employing a wealth of British newspaper articles this book explores the ways in which British attitudes to Rhodesia/Zimbabwe developed from the post-war period through to the early years of independence by reconstructing how the print media portrayed the colony. Using articles from a range of different sources it traces the narratives that were presented to the public from the creation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland to the early years of Robert Mugabe’s regime.Exploring the cultural, political, moral and ideological relationship between metropole, white settler colonialism and African nationalism at the end of Britain’s empire in Africa, it maps out the public debates, representations and perceptions of decolonization and Britain’s role in it. It lays open ideological fracture lines that existed in the political mind-set in Britain, explores how attitudes towards Empire were shaped through the media, and the extent to which the various crises of southern Africa permeated the British consciousness during this period.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-06
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350510487

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Hugh Pattenden is a Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, a Visiting Academic at the Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Southampton, an IHR Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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In Rhodesia and Zimbabwe in the British press, Hugh Pattenden provides a sweeping exploration of how the British press covered political instability and political change in Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s. It skilfully teases out the ways in which the press dealt with the complex constitutional and moral issues brought about by this intractable episode of British decolonization.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Analysing newspapers during Decolonization 2. The Foundation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1951-8 3. The Collapse of the Federation, 1958-62 4. Attempts to Avoid a Rebellion in Rhodesia, 1962-5 5. The UDI Crisis and Early Labour Diplomacy, 1965-706. The Failure of Conservative Diplomacy, 1970-4 7. War and Humanitarian Disaster, 1974-80 8. Final Diplomatic Attempts to End the Crisis, 1974-80 Conclusion