The Imperial Peace in Colonial Africa and Africa's Underdevelopment
- Content Type
- Book
- Institution
- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
- Abstract
- When praised at all, imperialism is most often commended for the peace it bestowed. By demobilizing armies, deposing marauding princes and subduing war-like states, European powers fashioned a half-century of political order. The question nonetheless arises: Should they be lauded for that? In this chapter, I view Africa's history through the lens of comparative history and argue that the imperial peace may have retarded Africa's development.
- Topic
- Development, Economics, Imperialism, Post Colonialism, Natural Resources
- Political Geography
- Africa, Europe