TY - BOOK AU - Crawford Young TI - The African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective U1 - 325.31 409 6 YOU PY - 1994/// PB - Bookcrafters Inc./ USA KW - 300 Social Science N1 - 6 copies available on shelf no. 1 N2 - The African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective. The author discuses the history of colonization in Africa. Proposing a new conception of the state, the author considers a wide range of African countries and compares them to other areas of the once-colonized world. He argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule. ER -