Creating a Book Empire

Longmans in Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID23635488
AuthorsCaroline Davis (0000-0002-8785-9226, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages128-152
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueBook in Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137401625_7
OpenAlexW2415498155
ISBN9781137401625
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

The impact of the British publisher in Africa is a matter of some contention. Publishers’ memoirs, oral histories and company histories have tended to narrate their history in the continent as a cultural mission, vital to the education and enlightenment of Africa. 1 Competing interpretations have been voiced by a number of African publishers and postcolonial scholars, who criticise British publishers as agents of neocolonialism or cultural imperialism that served to prevent the growth of an indigenous publishing industry. 2 This chapter aims to analyse Longmans’ contribution to African print culture, and its historical legacy in the continent in the context of these debates. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · Empire · Enlightenment · Indigenous · Media studies · Memoir · Neocolonialism · Political science · Publishing · Sociology · Theology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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