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Beschreibung
"This book will be the first general history of this episode since Thomas Pakenham's Scramble for Africa, which was published over thirty years ago. The time is right for a new study: for the past few decades most work in this area has been very justifiably concentrated upon more local African perspectives, whether during colonialism or throughout the post-colonial period; Reid, however, integrates the local African experiences with new insights into the European political realities and deeper currents in European societies both before and after conquest. Although he highlights intra-European rivalry as the most proximate catalyst for imperialism in Africa, he also demonstrates that the late nineteenth century explosion in colonial activity was the manifestation of impulses which can be traced back to the eighteenth century and earlier. He demonstrates that to understand Africa and Europe, and indeed the modern world, one must understand the lasting effects of this period, from the problems of the creation of the current nation states to lasting changes in European society, and from the huge movement in people and goods in the early 20th century to what is arguably a new 'scramble for Africa' today"--
"This book will be the first general history of this episode since Thomas Pakenham's Scramble for Africa, which was published over thirty years ago. The time is right for a new study: for the past few decades most work in this area has been very justifiably concentrated upon more local African perspectives, whether during colonialism or throughout the post-colonial period; Reid, however, integrates the local African experiences with new insights into the European political realities and deeper currents in European societies both before and after conquest. Although he highlights intra-European rivalry as the most proximate catalyst for imperialism in Africa, he also demonstrates that the late nineteenth century explosion in colonial activity was the manifestation of impulses which can be traced back to the eighteenth century and earlier. He demonstrates that to understand Africa and Europe, and indeed the modern world, one must understand the lasting effects of this period, from the problems of the creation of the current nation states to lasting changes in European society, and from the huge movement in people and goods in the early 20th century to what is arguably a new 'scramble for Africa' today"--
Über den Autor
Richard Reid is professor of African history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross College. His many books include Shallow Graves: A Memoir of the Ethiopia-Eritrea War; A History of Modern Uganda; and Warfare in African History.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780691187099
ISBN-10: 0691187096
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Reid, Richard
Hersteller: Princeton Univers. Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 3 maps.
Maße: 239 x 160 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Richard Reid
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2025
Gewicht: 0,87 kg
Artikel-ID: 128809290

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