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From Slave Trade to Empire - European Colonisation of Black Africa 1780s-1880s (Hardcover)
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From Slave Trade to Empire - European Colonisation of Black Africa 1780s-1880s (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
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Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led
Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth
century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial
subject by focussing on Europe and a range of empire-building
states, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The essays in this
volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and
cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies.
Unlike other texts on the subject, this refreshing new volume
redresses many imbalances, by:
*considering of a number of empire building states, instead of just
one of them
*Giving prominence to powers other than Britain
*Giving weight to economic themes without losing sight of the
equally important political and cultural aspects of the transition
from commerce to colonies
*Taking the analysis beyond the 1880s, and revealing the broader
picture - covering the time of the first attacks against the slave
trade (during the 1780s) to the premise of the 'scramble'
(1880s)
*Reviewing the colonial process (excepting that of Great Britain)
as the reaffirmation and exacerbation of the Ancien Regime, and as
a reflection of the highest form of mercantilism rather than the
highest form of capitalism
*Illuminating the importance of circumstantial phenomena, at the
scale of Europe and of its different countries.
By emphasizing the variety of those involved, and the diversity of
regional and local situations, this book shows how necessary it is
to link the general history of ideas, national- and micro-history.
The contributors suggest a true cosmopolitan history of
imperialism, one which is of great relevance in our times
ofglobalization and reconstruction since September 11th, 2001.
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