Africa and the Victorians : the official mind of imperialism

Author(s)

• Robinson, Ronald Edward
• Gallagher, John
• Denny, Alice

Bibliographic Information

Africa and the Victorians : the official mind of imperialism

Ronald Robinson and John Gallagher with Alice Denny

I.B. Tauris, 2015

• : hb

Note

"First published in hardback in 1961 by Macmillan"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Wm. Roger Louis Explanation Preface The Spirit of Victorian Expansion Moral Suasion over Guinea and Zanzibar, 1815-1880 The Revolt of the Afrikaner, 1877-1881 The Suez Crisis, 1882 Gladstone's Bondage in Egypt Repercussions south of the Sahara Rhodes' Counterpoise, 1887-1891 Cairo or Constantinople? 1885-1890 New Frontiers of Insecurity Salisbury's Watch on the Nile, 1890 Uganda, the Rout of Liberalism The Way to Fashoda 'Imperialist' Beginnings in West Africa South Africa: Another Canada or another United States? Nationalism and Imperialism Afterthoughts Index

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Details

• NCID: BB19637773
• ISBN:
  • 9781780768564
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 491 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 325.341096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : British -- Africa -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Imperialism
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century