Colonialism and underdevelopment in East Africa
the politics of economic change, 1919-1939
- ISBN: 9780751200805
- Editorial: Gregg Revivals
- Fecha de la edición: 1992
- Lugar de la edición: Aldershot. Reino Unido
- Colección: Modern Revivals in African Studies
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 352
- Idiomas: Inglés
This book provides a detailed analysis of the political and economic theories of colonialism in East Africa. It reviews the politics of aid, budgets and markets, and examines the impact of economic policy at a local level using Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika as case histories. Dr. Brett concludes that British colonial policy was not just a muddled empirical resolution of different interests, but a reconciliation and adjustment of those interests within an overall and ideologically agreed framework. He maintains that the efforts of this policy were inimical to the economic development of East Africa.