Books
2022
Imperialism and Colonialism
(with Christopher Bayly and Richard Drayton)
Radha Beteille ed. Routledge, Oxford
ISBN 978-1032228112
196pp.
2016
História de África
(with John Parker)
Quimera Editores
ISBN 978-9725892527
189pp.
2010
Geschichte Afrikas
(with John Parker; translated by Jessica Burkhardt)
Anaconda
ISBN 9-78-3-86647-401-7
223pp.
2007
A
very short introduction to African history
(with John Parker)
Oxford University Press, Oxford
ISBN 978-0-19-280248-4
165pp.
‘You will finish this book better informed, with a better understanding of Africa and a clearer idea of the big questions now being raised in a period of post-colonial struggle and national liberation…’
Robert Giddings, Tribune.
Also published as an audiobook in 2009 by Audible Inc. and narrated by Dion Graham
2000
Nkrumah
and the Chiefs; the politics of chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-60
Ohio University Press and James Currey, Oxford
ISBN 0-85255-770 and 1/0-85255-771-X
xv 176pp
‘…a story of power politics told with remarkable economy and considerable elegance.’
Paul Nugent, Journal of African history.
‘…a remarkably fair and objective study …represents an important contribution to an understanding of recent African history.’
Guy Arnold, West Africa.
‘…it captures to a remarkable degree the tragedy and confusion of Ghana’s transition from bold pioneer of anti-colonial modernism…to postmodern epitome of post-colonial despair…’.
John Dunn, Times literary supplement.
1999
Africa’s
urban past
(edited with David Anderson)
James Currey, Oxford
ISBN 0-85255-761 and 2/0-85255-760-4
310pp
1993
Murder
and politics in colonial Ghana
Yale University Press, New Haven and London
ISBN 0300055048
xiv 209pp
‘It is impossible to do justice to Rathbone’s outstanding book in three pages…’
Emmanuel Akyeampong. International journal of African historical studies.
‘The unravelling of the plot was made possible by Rathbone’s convincing command not only of oral research…but also by his ability to consult the royal archives and his skill in understanding the transcripts of the colonial trial and its numerous ramifications…’
David Birmingham, History Today.
‘…allows the reader to enter into the past in a way which history written on a grander scale sometimes does not …restrained, scholarly and often almost elegiac in tone.’
Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph.
‘This admirable book raises some of the essential questions that need to be asked about the reasons for the general and often acute failure of 20th century politics in Africa…’
Basil Davidson, The Guardian.
1992
Ghana. British Documents on the End of Empire
HMSO, London. 2 vols
Volume 1: ISBN 0112905250, Volume 2: ISBN 0112905269
981pp
‘… has the pace and tension of an historical thriller. It tells the story of a genuine watershed in British imperial history…’
Richard Crook, Journal of Commonwealth & comparative politics.
1989
Contemporary West African States
(edited with Donal Cruise O'Brien and John Dunn)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
ISBN 0521368936
227pp
1986
Africa
and the Second World War
(edited with David Killingray)
Macmillan, London
ISBN 0333382587
283pp
1982
Industrialisation and social change in South Africa. African class formation, culture and consciousness 1870-1930
(edited with Shula Marks)
Longman, London
ISBN 0582643376
383pp
Power and politics in contemporary Africa
Sussex Publications, Brighton
ISBN 1860131794
4 audio cassettes.
1975
The population factor in African studies
(edited with Rowland Moss)
Athlone Press, London
322pp.
1974
Government publications relating to the Gold Coast; the Blue Books, Government Gazettes and Annual Reports
(Editor)
EP Microform. New York
147 microform reels
