The Scramble for Africa 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham (Author)
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ISBN: 9780947464479
Publisher : Jonathan Ball, 1991
Hardcover,738 pages
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.