Business and British decolonisation: Sir Ronald Prain, the mining industry and the central African federation

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-484

  Butler, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548446831     PISSN: 03086534     EISSN: 17439329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03086530701523455     Document Type: Review

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