The Trampled Grass: Tributary States and Self-Reliance in the Indian Ocean Zone

by George W. Shepherd Jr.

Overview

After the initial exhilaration of independence, many African nations have had to face ongoing crisis and witness their hopes for a better life recede into the indefinite future. In his new book, George Sheperd looks beyond standard cold-war interpretations and conventional North-South development analysis for an explanation not only of the plight of African nations, but of the means to remedy it. His thesis of subordination to continuing superpower dominance offers striking new insights into the debt, famine, war, racism, and human rights violations that plague Third World countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313257728
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/16/1987
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #16
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

GEORGE W. SHEPHERD, JR., is Professor of International and African Studies at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies, which he helped to establish.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Origins of Dominance: Power, Tribute, and Liberation
Sub-imperialism and South Arica: Controlling Resources and Liberation on the Cape Route
War on the Horn among Tributary States: Intervention from Above and Revolution from below
The Struggle for Self-reliant Development against Dominance: The Kenya Comprador Class Rule and Tanzania's Self-reliant Transition
Collective Self-reliance: The Indian Ocean Zone of Peace
Liberation from Dominance
Bibliography
Index