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Bridging the Zambesi

A Colonial Folly

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Landeg White

    1. Centre for Southern African Studies, University of York, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: The River

    • Landeg White
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Open Span

    • Landeg White
    Pages 17-62

  4. Boundaries

    • Landeg White
    Pages 63-91

  5. Connections

    • Landeg White
    Pages 93-130

  6. Workers of the World

    • Landeg White
    Pages 131-185

  7. Inheritors

    • Landeg White
    Pages 187-215

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-233
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In 1935, a bridge was opened across the Zambesi delta in Portuguese East Africa. 51 years later, it was blown up by anti-government forces. This book brings together politics, diplomacy, economics, labour history and technology to show how this engineering feat was a disaster of colonial planning.

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  • Centre for Southern African Studies, University of York, UK

    Landeg White

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