Empires in the sun : the struggle for the mastery of Africa /

Empires in the sun : the struggle for the mastery of Africa /

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyzes how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the exper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Lawrence, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, [2017]
Edition:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Imperialism.
Decolonization > Africa.
Nationalism > Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa > History > To 1884.
Africa > History > 1884-1960.
Africa > Foreign relations > Europe.
Europe > Foreign relations > Africa.
Africa > Colonization.
Africa > History > 19th century.
Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Africa.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: 1830-1881
  • Mission civilisatrice: Europe and Africa in 1830
  • "Sold just like chickens": slavery and the slave trade
  • "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God": missionaries
  • White Man's countries I: Razzia: the conquest of Algeria
  • White Man's countries II: "I am a chief and master": South Africa
  • "Un vaste plan d'occupation": exploitation and exploration
  • Part two: 1882-1918
  • "Bring on a fight": regime change in Egypt and the Sudan 1882-1889
  • "Will and force": partition 1882-1914
  • "It'll all be pink soon": the struggle for southern Africa 1882-1914
  • "If you strike, strike hard": pacification 1885-1914
  • "White savages": hearts of darkness
  • "We go where we are led": missions and their enemies
  • "Toxic is the gift of Christians": Islam and empires
  • "Palm trees, enormous flowers, Negroes, animals and adventures": the impact of Africa on Europe
  • "The honour of the ruling race": racial attitudes, sexual encounters and Africa's future
  • "Lloyd George", "Kitchener", "Sambo" and "Coolie": Africa at war 1914-1918
  • Part three: 1919-1945
  • "Contagious excitement": the rise of nationalism
  • "Force to the uttermost": more wars 1919-1939
  • "Unable to stand alone": Africa on the eve of war
  • "Wait and see": Italian disasters and French traumas 1940-1945
  • "Black tarantulas": Africans at war
  • Part four: 1945-1990
  • "Can Russians speak Swahili?": nationalist agitation and Cold War phantoms in British Africa 1945-1957
  • "Comrade Nasser, don't worry!": Egypt and the Cold War 1945-1980
  • A "horde of rats": the Algerian War and the Cold War
  • "Maelstrom": the Congo and Rhodesia
  • "They have left us in the lurch": the last days of White Africa.