西方矿业公司与英属撒哈拉以南非洲殖民统治的瓦解

Western Mining Companies and Colonial Collapse in British Sub-Saharan Africa

西方矿业公司在英属撒哈拉以南非洲殖民体制中占据重要地位,在殖民统治瓦解过程中发挥了各自的影响力。从西方矿业公司对英属中非联邦所产生的作用显示,尽管各国公司影响当地政府、英美政府和非洲民族领导人的措施、步伐不一致,但能够共同维护集体利益,有效施加影响。矿业公司要实现的目标和历史结果之间存在差异,联系列宁帝国主义论,可以揭示出其所反映的时代特征。

Western mining companies played an important role in the colonial system of British Sub-Saharan Africa and played their respective part in the collapse of the colonial rule.The roles played by western mining companies in British central Africa Federation showed that although the measures and steps taken by the companies to influence local governments,British and American governments and African national leaders were not consistent,they could jointly safeguard their collective interests and effectively exert their influence.Together with Lenin’s theory of imperialism,the difference between the companies’ intentions and historical results could reveal the characteristics of the Times.