M. E. Chamberlain

The Scramble for Africa (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the second major revision of this key Seminar Study which was originally published in 1974. The book contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what has been revealed by recent research on the history of Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 203
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317862550
• Artikelnr.: 40344951

Autorenporträt

M.E. CHAMBERLAIN is Professor Emeritus at Swansea University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Publisher's acknowledgements
Chronology
Who's who
Glossary
Maps
Part One: The problem
1. Introduction
2. The African background
3. The Victorian image of Africa
Part Two: Analysis
4. The British occupation of Egypt, 1882
5. West Africa
6. East Africa
7. South Africa
8. Fashoda and the Anglo-French agreements of 1904
Part Three: Assessment
9. Conclusion
Documents
1 David Livingstone: humanitarian
2 Commerce
3 Africa as El Dorado
4 Darkest Africa: fully developed racism
5 Stanley's antipathy
6 Suez Canal
7 The Egyptian finances: Stephen Cave's Report
8 Divided opinions
9 Egypt in international diplomacy
10 Death of Gordon At Khartoum
11 The desire to abandon responsibilities
12 The fears of British traders
13 The British government's reaction
14 The Berlin West Africa conference lays down the 'rules' for the scramble
15 The Royal Niger Company
16 The Great Depression
17 The mixture of economic and strategic arguments
18 The 'little Englanders'' stand on Uganda
19 Cecil Rhodes
20 The Rudd concession
21 The Colonial Office's doubts about the legality of the British South
Africa Company's position
22 The Fashoda incident
23 The Anglo-French agreements of April 1904
24 J. A. Hobson
25 V. I. Lenin
26 Lord Cromer
27. A modern rejection of traditional explanations of the partition
28. Was the whole phenomenon economic after all?
Appendix: European colonial background
Guide to further reading
References
Index