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<p>Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial subject by focussing on Europe and a range of empire-building states, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The essays in this volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies.<br>Unlike other texts on the subject, this refreshing new volume redresses many imbalances, by&#58;<p>*considering of a number of empire building states, instead of just one of them<br>*Giving prominence to powers other than Britain<br>*Giving weight to economic themes without losing sight of the equally important political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies<br>*Taking the analysis beyond the 1880s, and revealing the broader picture - covering the time of the first attacks against the slave trade (during the 1780s) to the premise of the 'scramble' (1880s)<br>*Reviewing the colonial process (excepting that of Great Britain) as the reaffirmation and exacerbation of the Ancien R&#233;gime, and as a reflec

Author

Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9786610103959

Subjects

History, Western, Science