A history of Zambia during the twilight years of colonialism and the birth of a new African nation. Index, bib, app, b/w illus, maps, xii, 340pp, UK. I.B. TAURIS.

2003 1860649262 Hardback

Study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing depression, wartime mobilisation and the Cold War, during which there were fundamental changes in the nature and context of colonial rule. It explores the vital importance of Northern Rhodesian copper to British economic and strategic interests, and to Britain's ambitious post-war plans to integrate its Central African territories. Against the background of the disintegration of the Central African Federation, the book examines the implications of decoloni-zation for the Northern Rhodesian copper industry, and the industry's responses. 440pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Historical account of the development of formal education in Zambia from the Nineteenth Century to the present. Index, bib, 224pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

2004 9982240277 Paperback

A history of Zambia from the stone age to the 1970s. AFRICANA, 0841904901

The story of one house with a complex history combining politics and development. It explores links between Oxfam in Zambia and the African National Congress during a momentous time in South Africa's transition to democracy. B/w illus, 170pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

The first full length history of the kingdom of Kazembe, one of the principal and most enduring component of the Lunda `commonwealth'. Unlike many kindred monographs, the book examines both the pre colonial and the colonial trajectories of the eastern Lunda kingdom. Index, bib, gloss, xxvi, 292pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

This ethnography describes the living conditions of the Bemba of North Eastern Rhodesia, with special reference to the effects of migrant labour on the social and economic of a mainly agricultural society. First published in 1939. Index, bib, apps, tables, diags, notes, xxi, 425pp, UK. JAMES CURREY.

In contrast to the rich tradition of academic analysis and understanding of the pre-colonial and colonial history of Zambia, the country's post-colonial trajectory has been all but ignored by historians. The assumptions of developmentalism, the cultural hegemony of the United National Independence Party's orthodoxy and its conflation with national interests, and a narrow focus on Zambia's diplomatic role in Southern African affairs, have all contributed to a dearth of studies centring on the diverse lived experiences of Zambians. Inspired by an international conference held in Lusaka in August 2005, and presenting a broad range of essays on different aspects of Zambia's post-colonial experience, this collection seeks to lay the foundations for a future process of sustained scholarly enquiry into the country's most recent past. 304pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Oral testimonies in English and in Chitonga. Maps, b/w photos, gloss, 67/74pp, ZAMBIA. PANOS INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

Account of the reprivatisation of the Zambian copper mining sector by an industry insider. Index, gloss, col plates, 197pp, ZAMBIA. SELF-PUBLISHED TITLE/NO IMPRINT.

2002 0620296526 Hardback

As a member of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in Africa, Grant seeks to place both the colonial rulers and their African successors in the context of history and the circumstances of their time, viewing their achievements and failures critically but not unsympathetically and comparing colonial society with that of the independent African country that Northern Rhodesia has become. In the spirit of the post- post colonial, he brings colonialism from a level of abstraction to that of application, viewing it at the day to day level of the administration of a rural district of some 20,000 square miles by four officers and a handful of African district messengers, who worked together without even a telephone to assist them. Index, apps, b/w photos, 328pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.