Examining certain illustrative events in east, central, and southern Africa, Stuart (history, Kingston U., England) explores how British Protestant missions reacted in a wide variety of ways to the pressures of decolonization arising out of the confluence of white settler opinion, African nationalism, and colonial authority in the period 1939-64. The work, based partially on the author's dissertation, is well researched and extensively notated. A lengthy bibliography lists pimary sources including government papers, archival collections, and interviews and correspondence, along with secondary sources, and a map noting dates of British decolonisation of African countries is provided. Annotation 2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
