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Britain and the Breakdown of the Colonial Environment: The Struggle over the Tanzam Oil Pipeline in Zambia

Cohen, Andrew (2014) Britain and the Breakdown of the Colonial Environment: The Struggle over the Tanzam Oil Pipeline in Zambia. Business History Review, 88 (2). pp. 737-759. ISSN 0007-6805. E-ISSN 2044-768X. (doi:10.1017/S0007680514000749) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:53798)

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Abstract

This article explores the tendering process for the construction of the Tanzam oil pipeline during the mid-1960s. In addressing aspects of the political response to British investment overseas and the history of the British company Lonrho, it argues that the British government's determination to concentrate financial investments at home affected its ability to project its presence through supporting business overseas. In addition, the article suggests that the Zambian government demonstrated autonomy in awarding the tender.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1017/S0007680514000749
Subjects: D History General and Old World
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User: M.R.L. Hurst
Date Deposited: 20 Jan 2016 15:07 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 11:00 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/53798 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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