- Publisher: Abacus
- Year: 1992
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 768pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 196x125mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9780349104492
- Product code: 539056
The Scramble For Africa
1876-1912
Thomas Pakenham New Paperback Illustrated
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Thomas Pakenham’s study was the first since Scott Keltie’s 1893 The Partition of Africa to cover the Scramble in a single volume. Published in 1991 it details how, over the course of 30 years, European powers pushed across the continent – driven by notions of commerce, Christianity, civilization and conquest – until only Liberia and Ethiopia retained independence.
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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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<p>Thomas Pakenham’s study was the first since Scott Keltie’s 1893 <i>The Partition of Africa</i> to cover the Scramble in a single volume. Published in 1991 it details how, over the course of 30 years, European powers pushed across the continent – driven by notions of commerce, Christianity, civilization and conquest – until only Liberia and Ethiopia retained independence.</p>
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