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Empires in the Sun
- The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa
Engelsk Paperback

Empires in the Sun

- The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa
Engelsk Paperback

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In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. The continent was a magnet for the high-minded, the philanthropic, the unscrupulous and the insane. Visionary pro-consuls rub shoulders with missionaries, explorers, soldiers, adventurers, engineers, big-game hunters, entrepreneurs and physicians.

Eminent historian Lawrence James narrates how between 1830 and 1945, Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Italy exported their languages, laws, culture, religions, scientific and technical knowledge and economic systems to Africa. The colonial powers imposed administrations designed to bring stability and peace to a continent that seemed to lack both. The justification for emancipation from slavery (and occupation) was the common assumption that the late nineteenth-century Europe was the summit of civilization. This magnificent history also pauses to ask: what did not happen and why?

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9781780226187
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1780226187
Udg. Dato:
2 nov 2017
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
130mm
Forlag:
Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato:
2 nov 2017
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