Copper empire : mining and the colonial state in Northern Rhodesia, c.1930-64 / / L.J. Butler.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Butler, L. J.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xii, 426 p. :; maps.

Table of Contents

• The colonial state and the development of the Copperbelt
• Wartime mobilisation
• The post-war commodity boom (1946-1953)
• The debate on controlling the mining industry (1939-1952)
• The copperbelt and the Central African Federation (1949-1957)
• The demise of the Federation
• The mining industry and Zambian independence
• Postscript Northern Rhodesian copper mining: the prospects at independence.