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An Unequal Partnership: Nyasaland and the Central African Federation, 1953-1963.

Monahan, Magnus LU (2019) EKHK18 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract (Swedish)
From 1953-1963 Nyasaland was a part of the Central African Federation, along with Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The establishment of the Federation was hugely unpopular in Nyasaland due to fears it would be dominated by the white settler community in Southern Rhodesia. Supporters of the Federation, in the UK and Southern Rhodesia, argued that Nyasaland would gain financially from inclusion in the Federation and this would win over public support. Using an Analytic Narrative approach, this thesis explores how public expenditure and labour migration changed over the course of the Federation. Nyasaland’s position as a periphery country is established using World Systems Analysis. The thesis finds that over the course of the Federation, an... (More)
From 1953-1963 Nyasaland was a part of the Central African Federation, along with Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The establishment of the Federation was hugely unpopular in Nyasaland due to fears it would be dominated by the white settler community in Southern Rhodesia. Supporters of the Federation, in the UK and Southern Rhodesia, argued that Nyasaland would gain financially from inclusion in the Federation and this would win over public support. Using an Analytic Narrative approach, this thesis explores how public expenditure and labour migration changed over the course of the Federation. Nyasaland’s position as a periphery country is established using World Systems Analysis. The thesis finds that over the course of the Federation, an increasing number of migrants travelled to South Africa rather than Southern Rhodesia. The thesis also finds that public expenditure did increase dramatically over the course of the Federation. Hechter’s Theory of Nationalism is then used to explain why, despite this increase in public expenditure, the Federation continued to be unpopular in Nyasaland. (Less)
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author
Monahan, Magnus LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHK18 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Malawi, Nyasaland, Central African Federation, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, African Economic History
language
English
id
8985466
date added to LUP
2019-06-28 13:35:15
date last changed
2019-06-28 13:35:15
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  abstract     = {{From 1953-1963 Nyasaland was a part of the Central African Federation, along with Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The establishment of the Federation was hugely unpopular in Nyasaland due to fears it would be dominated by the white settler community in Southern Rhodesia. Supporters of the Federation, in the UK and Southern Rhodesia, argued that Nyasaland would gain financially from inclusion in the Federation and this would win over public support. Using an Analytic Narrative approach, this thesis explores how public expenditure and labour migration changed over the course of the Federation. Nyasaland’s position as a periphery country is established using World Systems Analysis. The thesis finds that over the course of the Federation, an increasing number of migrants travelled to South Africa rather than Southern Rhodesia. The thesis also finds that public expenditure did increase dramatically over the course of the Federation. Hechter’s Theory of Nationalism is then used to explain why, despite this increase in public expenditure, the Federation continued to be unpopular in Nyasaland.}},
  author       = {{Monahan, Magnus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{An Unequal Partnership: Nyasaland and the Central African Federation, 1953-1963.}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}