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The Cambridge History of Africa

By Roland Oliver , G. N. Sanderson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
0521228034, 9780521228039
Open Library ID
OL7733665M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
46 MB (47870019 bytes)
Volume
6
Pages
906\906
Topic
History
Orientation
no
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-11 19:52:02
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Азии и Африк

Description

Volume VI of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1870-1905, when the European powers (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy) divided the continent into colonial territories and vied with each other for control over vast tracts of land and valuable mineral resources. At the same time, it was a period during which much of Africa still had a history of its own. Colonial governments were very weak and could exist only by playing a large part both in opening up the continent to outside influences and in building larger political unities. The volume begins with a survey of the whole of Africa on the eve of the paper partition, and continues with nine regional surveys of events as they occured on the ground. Only in northern and southern Africa did these develop into classical colonial forms, with basis of outright conquest. Elsewhere, compromises emerged and most Africans were able to pursue the politics of survival. Partition was a process, not an event. The process was essentially one of modernisation in the face of outside challenge.

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