Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West Africa 1939-1951

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Summary

This book is the first full-length historical study of the attitudes of the British Colonial Office towards industrialisation in the colonial Empire.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Towards 'Development': Colonial Economic Policy Before the Second World War	p. 13
The Impact of War on Development Policy, 1939-42	p. 49
Industrialisation in Colonial Office Reconstruction Thinking, 1943-46	p. 89
Industrial Development: Defining the Colonial State's Role, 1943-46	p. 137
The Metropolitan Crisis and Constraints on Colonial Industrialisation, 1947-48	p. 187
The Threads of Policy Resumed, 1949-51	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 275
Biographical Notes	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 305
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