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Power, Joey.

Political culture and nationalism in Malawi : building Kwacha / Joey Power. - Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, [2010], ©2010. - x, 332 pages : illustrations, map. - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; v. 43. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power and authority in early colonial Malawi -- From "tribe" to nation : defending indirect rule -- From "tribe" to nation : the Nyasaland African Congress -- The federal challenge : noncooperation and the crisis of confidence in elite politics -- Building urban populism -- Planting populism in the countryside -- Bringing back Banda -- Prelude to crisis : inventing a Malawian political culture -- Du's challenge : car accident as metaphor for political violence -- Crisis and Kuthana politics -- Legacies.

ISBN: 9781580463102 (hardcover : alk. paper) 158046310X 9781580463102 (hardcover : alk. paper) 158046310X

LCCN: 2009045490

Subjects--Personal Names:
Banda, H. Kamuzu -1997.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Malawi Congress Party.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political culture--History.--Malawi

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Malawi--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: DT3204 / POW 2010 DT3204 / POW 2010