Robert L Tignor
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 197368 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robert L Tignor |
| NOMBRES | Robert L |
| APELLIDO | Tignor |
| FIRMA | TIGNOR R L |
| AFILIACIONES | Princeton University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 93 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 357 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 97 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1962 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. This book, the first intellectual biography of Lewis, traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and decolonization, it provides a history of development economics as seen t…
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
The Gold Coast
This chapter details how, at the end of 1952, shortly after returning from a tour of Asia where his intellectual breakthrough led to the article on unlimited supplies of labor, W. Arthur Lewis received an invitation to advise the government of the Gold Coast on industrialization. The invitation came not from British colonial offices in the Gold Coast, but the rising nationalist party, the Convention People's Party (CPP), led by its charismatic po…
The Colonial Office
This chapter examines W. Arthur Lewis's frequent contacts with the British Colonial Office from the late 1930s until 1953, first as a member of West Indian delegations seeking to alter the hiring policies of the British government and after that as an adviser and consultant on projects designed to promote colonial economic development. His work at the Colonial Office had been pivotal for his career as a development economist. During this decade a…
Ghana’s Chief Economic Adviser, 1957–58
This chapter focuses on W. Arthur Lewis's appointment as Ghana's chief economic adviser. The excitement surrounding Ghana's independence in 1957 as tropical Africa's first decolonized territory captivated Lewis as thoroughly as it did African nationalists and Afrophiles around the world. Ghana was to become the testing ground for Lewis's ideas on economic development. However, although Lewis was remarkably well informed on Ghana and knew many Gha…
Ghana
This chapter looks at how W. Arthur Lewis left Ghana as a member of the Ghanaian delegation to the all-African conference meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He did not return. In Addis, he announced his intention to take up a new post at the United Nations. He did not, however, sever his ties with Ghana, and he was to return briefly in 1963 to offer advice on the Seven-Year Development Plan. Because he had not had time to train a replacement, his …
State, Private Enterprise and Economic Change in Egypt, 1918-1952
This study of Egyptian efforts to diversify the country's economy between the end of World War 1 and the Nasser coup d'etat of 1952 focuses on the nascent bourgeoisie and the relationships of its segments to one another. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These edit…
Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire
The two decades that followed World War II witnessed the end of the great European empires in Asia and Africa. Robert Tignor's new study of the decolonization experiences of Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya elucidates the major factors that led to the transfer of power from British to African hands in these three territories. Employing a comparative method in order to explain the different decolonizing narratives in each territory, he argues that the di…
Mirror for the Muslim Prince
At a time when the Middle East is being torn asunder by competing Muslim groups and has seen the emergence of an Islamic State, proclaiming a return to a Caliphate form of governance, a set of thirteen essays, written by some of the most expert commentators on Muslim political thought, is most welcome. The volume itself, edited by Mehrzad Boroujerdi, grew out of a conference held at Syracuse University in 2006, thus a half decade before the Arab …
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914
Colonial Transformation of Kenya
This book takes an entirely new approach to the evolution of cities and of societies in premodern periods. Refining the theory advanced in his earlier study of China and Japan, Gilbert Rozman examines the development of Russia over several centuries with emphasis on the period immediately preceding the Industrial Revolution. He makes possible comparison of urbanization in five countries (including England and France as well as Russia) and develop…
On Barak. On Time
Although this dense book is weighted down with a bevy of postmodern terms, such as “alterity,” “countertemporality,” and the like, it is a most valuable study, well worth any effort needed to work through the complex terminology and methodology. At the heart of the work is time and technology, as exemplified by the introduction into Egypt of railroads and their schedules, telegraphs, phones, trams, and what the author posits as “European and Egyp…
Understanding the British Empire
Egypt
This is a sweeping, colorful, and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible, authoritative, and richly illustrated, this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long, brilliant, and complex history for general readers, tourists, and anyone else who wants a better understanding of this vibrant and fascinating country, one that has played a …
Can a New Generation Bring about Regime Change
Peaceful protests and demonstrations have swept through the Arab world, toppling rulers and advancing programs of radical change. Some enthusiasts for these movements have already proclaimed them a revolution. They predict a new Middle Eastern political and economic order. A new generation of young people—men and women, mainly in their twenties and thirties, using their skills in cyberspace communication and fueled by many frustrations—assembled …
The Business Firm in Africa
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W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
List of Illustrations vii Preface ix INTORDUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1: Getting Started: Education and Race 6 CHAPTER 2: The Colonial Office 42 CHAPTER 3: Unlimited Supplies of Labor 79 CHAPTER 4: The Gold Coast 109 CHAPTER 5: Ghana's Chief Economic Adviser, 1957-58 144 CHAPTER 6: Ghana: Part 2 179 CHAPTER 7: The West Indies, 1959-63 212 CHAPTER 8: The Princeton Years, 1963--91 240 CONCLUSION 268 Bibliography 279 Index 303
The Nile
Nationalism and African Intellectuals
A Different Shade of Colonialism
Journeys from the Fantastic to the Colonial 2. Black Servants and Saviors: The Domestic Empire of Egypt 3. The Lived Experience of Contradiction: Ibrahm Fawz's Narrative of the Sudan 4. The Tools of the Master: Slavery, Family, and the Unity of the Nile Valley 5. Egyptians in Blackface: Revolution and Popular Culture, World War 1 to 1925 Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
The United States and Decolonization in West Africa, 1950-1960
As an investigation of America's response to the decolonization process in West Africa, The United States and Decolonization in West Africa, 1950-60 fills several important gaps. The history of America's involvement in Africa remains understudied. This book focuses on a neglected decade when the wind of change swept across Africa. Critical of the traditional nationalist interpretation of the decolonization process in Africa, the author begins his…
Decolonization since 1945
Empire State-Building
New Works in West African Economic History
New Works in West African Economic History - Middlemen of the Cameroons River: The Duala and their Hinterland, c. 1600–c.1960. By Ralph A. Austen and Jonathan Derrick. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. vii, 252. 19.95, paper. - Volume 60 Issue 1
A History of the Asians in East Africa, C. 1886 to 1945
A Different Shade of Colonialism
Journeys from the Fantastic to the Colonial 2. Black Servants and Saviors: The Domestic Empire of Egypt 3. The Lived Experience of Contradiction: Ibrahm Fawz's Narrative of the Sudan 4. The Tools of the Master: Slavery, Family, and the Unity of the Nile Valley 5. Egyptians in Blackface: Revolution and Popular Culture, World War 1 to 1925 Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
Empire State-Building
Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire
Colonial Chiefs in Chiefless Societies
The proliferating literature on the emergent states of Asia and Africa stresses as its theme their newness and lack of political experience. New nation states have arisen often where none existed before, and their leaders have been confronted with a host of problems which they had not faced previously. Nowhere are such states thought to be more novel and inexperienced than in Africa, where a scant half century ago peoples lived in tribal communit…
Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire
State, Private Enterprise and Economic Change in Egypt, 1918-1952
This study of Egyptian efforts to diversify the country's economy between the end of World War 1 and the Nasser coup d'etat of 1952 focuses on the nascent bourgeoisie and the relationships of its segments to one another. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These edit…
Colonial Transformation of Kenya
This book takes an entirely new approach to the evolution of cities and of societies in premodern periods. Refining the theory advanced in his earlier study of China and Japan, Gilbert Rozman examines the development of Russia over several centuries with emphasis on the period immediately preceding the Industrial Revolution. He makes possible comparison of urbanization in five countries (including England and France as well as Russia) and develop…
Political Corruption in Nigeria Before Independence
Political corruption is widespread in contemporary societies, and is regarded by some analysts of the Third World as the single most important obstacle to economic development and political integration. Certainly the frequent régime changes which have occurred in Africa in the last several decades have been accompanied by charges of gross administrative malfeasance and promises to introduce honest government. Perhaps no country in the continent h…
Bank Miṣr and Foreign Capitalism
In the early months of 1920 a group of leading Egyptians founded Bank Misr. Destined to be the major financial arm of an emerging Egyptian bourgeoisie and the hub of a far-flung industrial and commercial empire, Bank Misr was established amidst the revolutionary turmoil of Egypt in 1919 and 1920. It reflected the nationalist and antiforeign sentiments of these troubled years. Its architect, Tal'at Harb, epitomized many of these characteristics. A…
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914
The Conquest of the Western Sudan
The Colonial Transformation of Kenya
The Maasai Warriors
This article attributes early twentieth century Maasai conservatism to the Maasai social structure and in particular to the warrior ( moran ) age-grade. Modernizing changes meant different things to different groups. To some Maasai elders they meant increased political power and wealth. But to the warriors they constituted a threat to their already declining status and entailed new and onerous obligations like road work. Governmental efforts to t…
Colonial Rule and the Kamba
Settler Regimes in Africa and the Arab World
South Asians in East Africa
The Colonial Transformation of Kenya
State, Private Enterprise, and Economic Change in Egypt, 1918-1952
The Economic Activities of Foreigners in Egypt, 1920-1950
Lord Cromer, British Consul-General in Egypt and virtual ruler of the country, was fond of arguing that Egypt could never become a homogeneous, unitary nation state, like Britain or France. Because of its location astride the Suez Canal and at the meeting point of Africa and Asia, the country, Cromer believed, would always attract large foreign populations and would be of vital importance to foreign powers. Its institutions must take account of d…
The Business Firm in Africa
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Nationalism and African Intellectuals
Egyptian Textiles and British Capital, 1930-1956
Decolonization and Business
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914
Lord Cromer on Islam
The "Indianization" of the Egyptian Administration under British Rule
Lord Cromer
For many Englishmen Lord Cromer was the embodiment of the British imperial tradition. As one who had spent the greater part of his lifetime in the East representing British power and had crowned his career by being virtual ruler of occupied Egypt from 1883 to 1907, he had come increasingly to symbolize the proconsular tradition in British imperialism. His retirement from his post as Consul-General of Egypt had seemed to many the end of an era. Or…
Egypt's Struggle for Independence
Egyptian Guilds in Modern Times. Gabriel Baer
African History
In nearly all the major historical fields one can see the increasing use historians are making of methods, models, and insights from the social sciences. E. H. Carr's exhortation, that the more history becomes sociology and the more sociology becomes history the better for both, is being taken seriously. Yet there is much more that can be done to bring these fields together. Most historians have used sociological theory only to gain insight, not …
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914
In occupied Egypt, British governmental programs were closely related to England's needs as an imperial power since Egypt was occupied because of its strategic position along the route to India. British presence there, however, inevitably led to modernization during the 32 years of British rule. During the first period the British were preoccupied with the prospect of imminent withdrawal. The second period emphasized programs for such reforms as …
Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, 1516-1922
The Revolution in Egypt's Economic System
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914
Egypt and the Sudan
Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, 1516-1922
A History of the Asians in East Africa, C. 1886 to 1945
The Conquest of the Western Sudan
Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt 1882-1914
The Dar al-Wathaiq in Abdin Palace at Cairo as a Source for the Study of the Modernization of Egypt in the Nineteenth Century
Letters from Egypt 1862-1869 by Lady Duff Gordon
Kamba Political Protest
Colonial Chiefs in Chiefless Societies
The proliferating literature on the emergent states of Asia and Africa stresses as its theme their newness and lack of political experience. New nation states have arisen often where none existed before, and their leaders have been confronted with a host of problems which they had not faced previously. Nowhere are such states thought to be more novel and inexperienced than in Africa, where a scant half century ago peoples lived in tribal communit…
The Maasai Warriors
This article attributes early twentieth century Maasai conservatism to the Maasai social structure and in particular to the warrior ( moran ) age-grade. Modernizing changes meant different things to different groups. To some Maasai elders they meant increased political power and wealth. But to the warriors they constituted a threat to their already declining status and entailed new and onerous obligations like road work. Governmental efforts to t…
Continuities and Discontinuities in East African Education
The Evolution of the Egyptian National Image. From Its Origins to Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid
Settler Regimes in Africa and the Arab World
Colonial Rule and the Kamba
The Egyptian revolution of 1919
As most political histories of Egypt indicate, the revolution of 1919 constituted an important turning point, if not a watershed, in Egyptian political development. The urban violence, rural discontent, and campaigns of assassination stymied British efforts to make Egypt into a full-fledged and indeed central Middle Eastern colonial state whence Britain would exercise political suzerainty and moral suasion over other Middle Eastern and Islamic st…
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