Zanzibar: Background to Revolution

by Michael F. Lofchie

Overview

This book gives a detailed analysis of the causes of the revolution of January 1964 in Zanzibar, and provides a study of the process of modernization in a plural society.

Originally published in 1965.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691650876
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2417
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Acknowledgments, pg. vii
• Contents, pg. ix
• List of Tables and Maps, pg. x
• Introduction, pg. 1
• I. The Establishment of the Arab State, pg. 23
• II. British Colonial Policy in Zanzibar, pg. 52
• III. Social Structure of Zanzibar, pg. 69
• IV. Pre-War Politics in Zanzibar, pg. 99
• V. The Emergence of Arab Nationalism, pg. 127
• VI. The African Response, pg. 157
• VII. Party Conflict in the Electoral System, pg. 183
• VIII. Voting Behavior and Party Organization, pg. 221
• Conclusion: The African Revolution, pg. 257
• Appendix, pg. 285
• Bibliography, pg. 288
• Index, pg. 303