urban roots of democracy and political violence in Zimbabwe
Subtitle: Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964
By: Timothy Scarnecchia.
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 35
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580462815
Subjects: Mzingeli, Charles.; Democracy -- Zimbabwe -- History.; Political violence -- Zimbabwe -- History.; Political culture -- Zimbabwe -- History.; Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1890-1965.; Harare (Zimbabwe) -- Politics and government.; Highfield (Zimbabwe) -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Charles Mzingeli's leadership and imperial working-class citizenship; value: Township protest politics; value: Resistance to the Urban Areas act and women's political influence; value: Changing tactics : youth league politics and the end of accommodation; value: The early sixties : violent protest and "sellout" politics; value: The "imperialist stooge" and new levels of "sellout" political violence; value: The ZAPU-ZANU split and the battlegrounds of Harare and Highfield.