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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... France by Germany and Britain on a plate , yet it was to be several years before France accepted the offer . That it took France so long was the result of political circumstances at home . 1 FRANCE AND IMPERIALISM FRANCE AFTER 1870 ...
... France . He even went a step further now and offered France first refusal . If the AIC should unexpectedly be forced to " realize " its possessions , that is to dispose of them , then France would have a droit de préférence over them ...
... France and Britain were to have an even sharper confrontation on the Niger . For the treaty of 1890 did not so much bridge the differences between them as lay the foundations for a new and greater conflict . THE NEW COURSE IN FRANCE ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |