The Scramble For Africa

The Scramble For Africa
ISBN-10
0349141932
ISBN-13
9780349141930
Series
The Scramble for Africa
Category
History
Pages
768
Language
English
Published
2015-09-24
Publisher
Hachette UK
Author
Thomas Pakenham

Description

In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.

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