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The scramble for Africa

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Random House 1991Description: xxvii, 738 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780349104492
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 960.312PAK
Summary: 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 names of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civillization and Conquest.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-703) and index.

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 names of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civillization and Conquest.

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