The scramble for Africa
- New York Random House 1991
- xxvii, 738 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
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.