
- Publisher:
- ABACUS
- Year of publication:
- 1992
- ISBN:
- 978-0-349-10449-2
- Pages:
- 738
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
1876-1912
THOMAS PAKENHAM
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.