Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... European politicians , al- though a great deal often happened before that . Many people were involved in the process ... European possessions in Africa ; on the second , virtually the whole of the black continent is divided into European ...
... European settlement in the Cape since 1652 , and in 1830 a second had been added in Algeria , but these were exceptions . From 1830 on , however , relations between Europe and Africa began to grow closer , and Africa became increasingly ...
... European and Egyptian courts of law , which took due account of European interests . That explains the enthusiasm for being a European in Egypt and why so many Europeans were Europeans in name only . That was true , for instance , of ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |