Author: Kilson, Martin
Title: Political Change in a West African State : A Study of the Modernization Process in Sierra Leone
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 1966. orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. xiii,301 pp,, 24x15cm, Some page-edge soil. A small spot to top page-edge.. 8pp photoplates. Textual map. Some rubbing. Good. In a rubbed, soiled & torn dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Establishment of Colonial Rule: Modern Colonialism & British Rule in Sierra leone, 1896-1937; Politics & Functioning of the Native Administration System, 1937-1949; Social Change & Colonial Modernization: The Framework of Social Change in Sierra Leone; Transformation of the Traditional Elite; Emergence of the New Elite; Colonial Constitutional Change: The Political Context of Constitutional Change, 1863-1931; The Making of the 1924 Constitution; Constitutional Change & African Interests,1924-1945; Postwar Advances, 1946-1951; Decolonization & Self-Government, 1 951-.1961; Postwar Local Government & Political Change: Populist Forces in Local Political Change; Postwar Native Administration; The Politics of District Councils; Party Politics: Backround of Sierra Leonean Political Parties; Power & Influence in Sierra Leonean Polítics; Dynamics of Party Politics; Conclusion: The Nature of African Political Change.

Keywords: African Political History, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Party Politics, Colonial History, British Colonialism, Constitution Colony, Constitutional, Modernization, Sociology