Africa and the Victorians: The Climax of ImperialismAnchor Books, 1968 - 491 pages "Imperialism in the eyes of the world is still Europe's original sin, even though the empires themselves have long since disappeared. Among the most egregious of imperial acts was Victorian Britain's seemingly random partition of Africa. In this classic work of history, a standard text for generations of students and historians ... the authors provide a unique account of the motives that went into the continent's partition. Distrusting mechanistic explanations in terms of economic growth or the European balance, the authors consider the intentions in the minds of the partitioners themselves. Decision by decision, the reasoning of Prime Ministers Gladstone, Salisbury and Rosebery, their advisors and opponents, is carefully analysed. The result is a history of 'imperialism in the making', not as it appeared to later commentators and historians, but as the empire-makers themselves experienced it from day to day"--Amazon, viewed May 10, 2021 |
Contents
I The Spirit of Victorian Expansion | 1 |
Moral Suasion over Guinea and Zanzibar 18151880 | 27 |
The Revolt of the Afrikaner 18771881 | 53 |
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