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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... imperialist phase and the phase of rival imperialisms characteristic of the late nineteenth century . The British historians Gallagher and Robinson have defined the early phase as the " imperialism of free trade . " 42 Before them , the ...
... imperialist ideas that had become official government policy in France during the 1890s amounted in essence to assigning a greater role in colonial affairs to the state . Similar ideas were beginning to make headway in Great Britain as ...
... imperialist of the idealistic kind . It was his firm conviction that the British Empire had to bring the Africans under its protection so as to bring them peace , progress and Christianity . London's duty was to defend them from the ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |