Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Africa and World War II, PDF eBook

Africa and World War II PDF

Edited by Judith A. Byfield, Carolyn A. Brown, Timothy Parsons, Ahmad Alawad Sikainga

PDF

Please note: eBooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card and all our eBooks (ePub and PDF) are DRM protected.

Description

This volume considers the military, economic, and political significance of Africa during World War II.

The essays feature new research and innovative approaches to the historiography of Africa and bring to the fore issues of race, gender, and labor during the war, topics that have not yet received much critical attention.

It explores the experiences of male and female combatants, peasant producers, women traders, missionaries, and sex workers.

The first section offers three introductory essays that give a continent-wide overview of how Africa sustained the Allied effort through labor and resources.

The six sections that follow offer individual case studies from different parts of the continent.

Contributors offer a macro and micro view of the multiple levels on which Africa's contributions shaped the war as well as the ways in which the war affected individuals and communities and transformed Africa's political, economic, and social landscape.

Information

Information