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Africa and the Victorians - The Official Mind of Imperialism (Hardcover)
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Africa and the Victorians - The Official Mind of Imperialism (Hardcover)
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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 now again available, 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. Featuring
a new Foreword by Wm. Roger Louis, this new edition brings a
classic work to a new generation and is essential reading for all
students of nineteenth-century history.
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