The Scramble for Africa

M. E. Chamberlain (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

203 Seiten

2014 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-83563-4 (ISBN)

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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.

In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia – was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the ‘scramble’ or ‘race’ for Africa, the period of around 20 years during which European powers carved up the continent with little or no consultation of its inhabitants.

In her classic overview, M.E. Chamberlain:

Contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what we now know of African civilisation and history
Examines in detail case histories from Egypt to Zimbabwe
Argues that the history and background of Africa are as important as European politics and diplomacy in understanding the 'scramble'
Considers the historiography of the topic, taking into account Marxist and anti-Marxist, financial, economic, political and strategic theories of European imperialism

This indispensible introduction, now in a fully updated third edition, provides the most accessible survey of the ‘scramble for Africa’ currently available. The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features. It is the perfect starting point for any study of this period in African history.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.12.2014
Reihe/Serie	Seminar Studies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-83563-3 / 1138835633
ISBN-13	978-1-138-83563-4 / 9781138835634
Zustand	Neuware