Whitehall and the Black Republic [electronic resource] : a Study of Colonial Britain's Attitude Towards Liberia, 1914-1939 / by Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri.

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Whitehall and the Black Republic [electronic resource] : a Study of Colonial Britain's Attitude Towards Liberia, 1914-1939 / by Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri.

9783319704760
3319704761
9783319704753
3319704753

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

English

1 online resource (XXIII, 279 pages 3 illustrations, 1 illustration in color.) : online resource.

10.1007/978-3-319-70476-0 doi
9783319704753

DT1-3415

327.4106662

This book examines the history of the relationship between Liberia and Britain--the world's first black republic, founded by former slaves, and the world's strongest colonial power. Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri excavates a wealth of archival sources to reconstruct a turbulent narrative spanning key points in twentieth-century Liberian history. Pal Chaudhuri argues that the Black Republic was never a serious item on the British agenda for constructive action in West Africa, as seen in the repeated failure of their concessionaires, their interference with the Firestone rubber project, and their efforts to have Liberia expelled from the League of Nations. Untangling the conflicts and contradictions between Britain's colonial interests and humanitarian ideals, Whitehall and the Black Republic is a long overdue contribution to the history of Liberia and the British Empire.

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