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Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism
Ronald Robinson
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Description for Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism
Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Ronald; Gallagher, John; Denny, Alice. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 782.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
788g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780768571
SKU
V9781780768571
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About Ronald Robinson
Ronald Robinson (1920 - 99) was Beit Professor of Commonwealth History and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. John Gallagher (1919 - 80) was Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Alice Denny was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University.
Reviews for Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism
'Interesting, penetrating and profoundly provocative.' Asa Briggs, New Statesman 'If the first requirement of history is that it should be memorable, the authors of this book have succeeded.' Roland Oliver, The Observer