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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:
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 The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features.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.
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Publisher’s acknowledgements
Chronology
Who’s who
Glossary
Maps
PART ONE THE PROBLEM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE AFRICAN BACKGROUND
Environmental factors
Egypt
Islam
The slave trade
Southern Africa
3 THE VICTORIAN IMAGE OF AFRICA
The influence of the slave trade
Eighteenth century scientific interest
Slave trade versus legitimate trade
‘Backward’ Africa
The missionaries
Exploration and its consequences
PART TWO ANALYSIS
4 THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT, 1882
The Suez Canal
Financial problems
Military action begins
The debate begins
5 WEST AFRICA
Quarrels with the Ashanti
The challenge from the French
The Niger
King Leopold of the Belgians intervenes
Portugal’s claims
The Berlin West Africa conference
The Royal Niger Company
The German challenge
The Great Depression
6 EAST AFRICA
A new Australia
The German challenge
Strategy versus commerce
7 SOUTH AFRICA
The role of the Boers
Bechuanaland
Gold and diamonds
‘Rhodesia’
8 FASHODA AND THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENTS OF 1904
Fashoda
The 1904 agreements
PART THREE ASSESSMENT
9 CONCLUSION
Britain: Conservative and Liberal opinion
Continental opinion too was divided
The debate begins in earnest
Lenin takes a hand
The role of Africans
PART FOUR 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
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