PublishedLittle, Brown & Co., November 1992 |
ISBN9780349104492 |
FormatHardcover, 768 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 13cm × 5.1cm |
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.
