Chamberlain The Scramble for Africa

3. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-86254-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Seminar Studies

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 The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features.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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chamberlain, M. E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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