Africa and the Victorians

Africa and the Victorians

Africa and the Victorians was written by and Ronald Robinson. The 480 page book was published by I. B. Tauris in 2014 with an ISBN 10 of 1780768575. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Africa and the Victorians mentions 1 serial killers including John Edward Robinson. The author Ronald Robinson has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

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 an...