Victoria Falls and Colonial Imagination in British Southern Africa

1. Introduction: Toward a Transcolonial History of Victoria Falls
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

2. “A Cataract on the Zambezi”: The Waterfalls in Precolonial Context
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

3. Lewanika’s Scramble for Africa: Barotseland and the British South Africa Company
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

4. Staking Their Claim: White Settlement at Victoria Falls
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

5. Performing Europe or Redefining African: The African Social Life of a Colonial Town
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

6. “What is the Trouble?”: Dispute and Discontent in North Western Rhodesia
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

7. ‘Of More Value to South Africa than all the Diamonds Ever Found or Dreamed:’ Victoria Falls and the Hydroelectric Power Scheme
Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois

Nyckelord: History, African History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern History