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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... imperial century . " British society was the most dynamic of all in the nineteenth century , or at least until the last quarter of the century . Overseas expansion was one logical consequence . That expansion assumed a variety of forms ...
... Imperial Factor , 127 . 16. Schreuder , Scramble , 75 . 17. Morris , Washing of the Spears , 278 . 18. Blake ... Imperial Factor , 120 . 28. Marais , Fall , 17 . 29. Robinson and Gallagher , Africa and Victorians , 432 . 30. De Kiewiet ...
... Imperial Century , 1815-1914 : A Study of Empire and Expan- sion ( London 1976 ) . Hyam , R. , and G. Martin , eds . , Reappraisals in British Imperial History ( London 1975 ) . Kennedy , P.M. , " Why did the British Empire last so long ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |