Description: Colonial Subjects by Philip S. Zachernuk Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Challenging the denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren ""kleptocratic"" elite, this work shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created an intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources. Publisher Description West African intellectuals have a long history of engaging with European intrusion by reflecting on their status as colonial and postcolonial subjects. Against the tendency to view this engagement as a confrontation between the modern west and traditional Africa, Philip S. Zachernuk argues that the interaction is far more fluid and diverse. Challenging the frequent denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite, Colonial Subjects shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created a distinctive intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources.Looking carefully at southern Nigeria from 1840 to 1960, Zachernuk locates intellectuals in the contours of their society as it changed from late precolonial times to the beginning of independence. He examines their engagement with British and Black Atlantic assumptions and assertions about Africas place in the world. These ideas, shaped by the needs of others, became the often awkward material with which these intellectuals endeavored to construct their own image of their home continent.In this context, a group of Nigerian intellectuals created a dynamic intellectual tradition motivated by self-interest and marked by innovation, counter-invention, and imitation within the confines of the Atlantic world. At different times they opposed and supported the colonial state, adopted and rejected notions of racial destiny, and advocated free market principles, cooperative self-help, and state socialism. Colonial Subjects provides a historical framework for connecting these divergent ideas, thereby recovering the complexity of an intellectual tradition both colonial and modern. Author Biography Philip S. Zachernuk is Associate Professor of History at Dalhousie University. Details ISBN 081391907X ISBN-13 9780813919072 Title Colonial Subjects Author Philip S. Zachernuk Format Hardcover Year 2000 Pages 288 Publisher University of Virginia Press GE_Item_ID:18389748; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780813919072
Book Title: Colonial Subjects
Number of Pages: 269 Pages
Publication Name: Colonial Subjects : an African Intelligentsia and Atlantic Ideas
Language: English
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 1.2 in
Subject: Africa / West, Africa / General, International Relations / General, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Philip S. Zachernuk
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
