1st Edition

Labour and Economic Change in Southern Africa c.1900-2000 Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi

By Rory Pilossof, Andrew Cohen Copyright 2021
236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the social and economic development of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi over the course of the twentieth century. These 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... Read more

Introduction

1. Zimbabwe: A Short Introduction to Economic Developments from c.1900-2000

2. Zimbabwe: Changes in Occupational Structure and Key Industrial Sectors, 1900-2000

3. Zambia: A Short Introduction to Economic Developments from c.1900-2000

4. Zambia: Changes in Occupational Structure and Key Industrial Sectors, 1900-2000

5. Malawi: A Short Introduction to Economic Developments from c.1900-2000

6. Malawi: Changes in Occupational Structure and Key Industrial Sectors, 1900-2000

Conclusion

Biography

Dr Rory Pilossof is a historian of southern Africa based at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. His main research interests are the end of empire, labour and land in Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries.

Dr Andrew Cohen is Senior Lecturer in Imperial History at the University of Kent, UK. He also holds a visiting research fellowship at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. His research interests include the economic history of southern Africa in the twentieth century.