The Scramble For Africa

Author: Thomas Pakenham

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*the full-scale story of the nineteenth-century imperial invasion of Africa

The extraordinary race for African territory that began in the 1880's and swept the political masters of Europe off their feet.

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Summary

*the full-scale story of the nineteenth-century imperial invasion of Africa

The extraordinary race for African territory that began in the 1880's and swept the political masters of Europe off their feet.

Description

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.

Awards

Winner of WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1992

Critic Reviews

'Magnificent, vigorous, comprehensive, compulsive reading' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Memorable history on a grand scale . . . brilliant . . . thrilling, fast moving, imaginative, coherent' INDEPENDENT ' A phenomenal achievement . . . clear, authoritative and compelling' William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH *'Grim as well as gripping reading . . . Pakenham writes racily and humorously . . . a magnificent, swash buckling, blood-bolstered epic' OBSERVER

About the Author

Thomas Pakenham is the author of THE MOUNTAINS OF RASSELAS, THE YEAR OF LIBERTY and THE BOER WAR. He divides his time between a terraced house I nnNorth Kensington, London and a crumbling castle in Ireland. He is married to the writer Valerie Pakenham and they have four children.

Product Details

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group | Abacus

Published

26th November 1992

Pages

768

ISBN

9780349104492

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09 Jun, 2017

The European countries' popularity of having a "colonial empire" came to a peak in the years 1872-1912. Almost all of Africa was taken over by England, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, and even Belgium. This "scramble" to have colonies like England and France, literally "taking over" areas, could possibly be seen as one of the minor causes of WW1, where the desire to control "smaller places" like Serbia caused a domino effect that wreaked havoc. To understand how "colonialism" became ungainly, this book is valuable. A large subject, well packed into a single volume like this, is remarkable.
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