Automotive empire how cars and roads fueled European colonialism in Africa / Andrew Denning.
| Author/creator | Denning, Andrew, 1983 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024. |
| Description | xiv, 350 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Physical medium | maps |
| Contents | Introduction: The colonial transport problem -- Experiments and spectacles, 1890s-1920s -- Roads before cars in French Madagascar -- Cars without roads in German East Africa -- Reinventing the wheel in the French Sahara -- The rolling spectacle of the Croisie¿¿re noire -- The British model: automotive threats to the status quo -- The French nodel: the socio-ecological civilizing mission -- The Italian model: violence, warfare, propaganda -- Acceleration and crash in Italian East Africa -- Conclusion: The lives and afterlives of automotive empire. |
| Abstract | "The book's trans-imperial approach draws connections among Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese colonies to show that the technological and infrastructural imperatives of motor vehicles and roads in Africa shaped the administration of empire, social relations between colonizer and colonized, and the culture of the automobile in Europe"- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-342) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023040579 |
| ISBN | 9781501775369 hardcover |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |