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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... Italy of the Cyprus coup . The Italians had to read about it in the newspapers , and were later told by the British that there was room enough for everyone in North Africa . Italy's anti - Austrian attitude had , moreover , not gone ...
... Italy , moreover , had enough would - be colonists to populate the whole of North Africa . Nineteenth - century Italians emigrated en masse . This great migration was an integral part of the history of poor and overpopulated Italy . In ...
... Italy with enthusiasm . He was elected a member of parliament in the new kingdom , and in 1877 minister of the interior . Ten years later he became ... Italian Somaliland was to emerge later from these concessions . Italy and Imperialism 241.
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |