Papers of Professor James Barber

Scope and Content

Reports and surveys of agricultural development projects in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 1958-1966. Material includes: duplicated reports on investigations in Native Purchase Areas by government agricultural officers, and information sheets from the Southern Rhodesian Native Affairs Department, with some other items.

Administrative / Biographical History

Professor James Barber (1931-2015) was a lecturer in the Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia 1965-1967 while on secondment from the University of Exeter. He subsequently became Professor of Political Science at the Open University, 1969-80, and Professor of Politics at the University of Durham, 1987-92. He is the author of Rhodesia: the Road to Rebellion (London, Oxford University Press 1967) and was a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) where he oversaw a major study on South Africa in Conflict (1979-1981).

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Note

Professor James Barber (1931-2015) was a lecturer in the Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia 1965-1967 while on secondment from the University of Exeter. He subsequently became Professor of Political Science at the Open University, 1969-80, and Professor of Politics at the University of Durham, 1987-92. He is the author of Rhodesia: the Road to Rebellion (London, Oxford University Press 1967) and was a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) where he oversaw a major study on South Africa in Conflict (1979-1981).

Other Finding Aids

Anne V Akeroyd and Colin P Lunt (eds.), A Guide to the Southern African Archives in the University of York, (York, 1979).

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