Cambridge History of Africa

Zusammenfassung Volume VI of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1870–1905, when the European powers (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy) divided the continent into colonial territories and vied with each other for control over vast tracts of land and valuable mineral resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Africa on the eve of partition A. E. Atmore; 2. The European partition of Africa: origins and dynamics G. N. Sanderson; 3. North Africa Jean Ganiage; 4. Western Africa, 1870-86 Yves Person; 5. Western Africa, 1886-1905 J. D. Hargreaves; 6. Western equatorial Africa Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch and Jean Stengers; 7. Southern Africa, 1867-86 Shula Marks; 8. Southern and Central Africa, 1886-1910 Shula Marks; 9. Portuguese colonies and Madagascar Allan K. Smith, Gervase Clarence Smith and Hubert Deschamps; 10. East Africa, 1870-1905 Marcia Wright; 11. The Nile basin and the eastern Horn, 1870-1908 G. N. Sanderson; 12. The European scramble and conquest in African history John Lonsdale; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Roland Sanderson Oliver
• Assisted by: Roland Oliver (Editor), G. N. Sanderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.1985
• EAN: 9780521228039
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22803-9
• No. of pages: 974
• Series: Cambridge History of Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous