The Scramble for Africa

Posted on 02 November 2018 by Thomas Pakenham

White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 Free Read [ The Scramble for Africa ] author [ Thomas Pakenham ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Scramble for Africa The White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912, is a fascinating book on the European division of African territory, known as the Scramble for Africa In this competition for territory, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain all carved territories out of the African continent, for various reasons Spreading the three C s Christianity, Civilization, Commerce was an important motivation for many European explorers, General s and The Scramble for Africa The White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912, is a fascinating book on the European division of African territory, known as the Scramble for Africa In this competition for territory, the U...This massive book 738 pages plus photos maps offers the reader an interesting and enjoyable account of the European powers race to civilize the African continent The book covers the great explorers, the numerous battles and conflicts between the European powers and the natives and between the European powers and many other interesting items during this scramble for Africa I found this book to be a great read, very enjoyable and although the size may be daunting it never got borin This massive book 738 pages plus photos maps offers the reader an interesting and enjoyable account of the European powers race to civilize the African continen...A comprehensive look at how Africa became colonized The surprising part is how late in the 19th Century it actually happened Another is how Belgium, created as a buffer state between France and Germany and ruled by one of Victoria s favorite uncles, became a major player The events in this book lead to actions and reactions that are still being played out on the continent of Africa.As I progress, it is all too easy to see the results of artificial boundaries set by Europeans for their own p A comprehensive look at how Africa became colonized The surprising part is how late in the 19th Century it actually happened Another is how Belgium, created as a buffer state between France and Germany and ruled by one of Victoria s favorite uncles, became a major player The events in this book lead to actions and reactions that are still being played out on the continent of Africa.As I progress, it is all too easy to see the results of artificial boundaries set by Europeans for their own purposes natural resources, primarily has set the stage for the present conflicts and unrest in Africa.As I begin the section on the Belgian Congo and the Rubber Trade, I can already see the seeds for the present chaos and despair the the DRC.When finally finished,...I must say, I really enjoyed Pakenhams handling of substantial material and complicated subject matter into an enjoyable, easy to read narrative The story contains multiple number of characters, where the most attention gets the Belgian King Leopold His actions are costumed in virtuous humanitarianism showing that he is the catalyst for the motivation on the exploitation of Africa Pakenham describes him as, Leopold was a Coburg millionaire, a constitutional monarch malgre lui, a throwback fr I must say, I really enjoyed Pakenhams handling of substantial material and complicated subject matter into an enjoyable, easy to read narrative The story contains multiple number of characters, where the most attention gets the Belgian King Leopold His ac...This is the ultimate book on the colonisation read occupation of Africa by mainly European powers in the latter quarter of the 19th century the only country to resist the tsunami and remain independent was Ethiopia Readers unfamiliar with Africa might assume, as I did, that the conquest of Africa took plac...This is the only book on my read shelf that i actually never finished i got about two thirds or so into it and gave up.Don t get me wrong, this is a great work, it s just so insanely detailed that a person can t hope to retain enough info to make the read worthwhile.After hours of reading about literally hundreds of personalities here s what i retained Livingston was a good man who unintentionally hastened colonization Stanley was a newspaper reporter made himself famous by attaching himse This is the only book on my read shelf that i actually never finished i got about two thirds or so into it and gave up.Don t get me wrong, this is a great work, it s just so insanely detailed that a person can t hope to retain enough info to make the read wort...THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912 1991 Thomas PakenhamIt s incredible to see what happened in Africa during these thirty six years, and how the events shaped all of Africa s subsequent history This is a dense and scholarly history of the period that provides a little of the history of the dark continent before the stated dates, but those events were mostly involved with the exploration of the continent itself of which very litt THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912 1991 Thomas PakenhamIt s in...This was a tremendous example of scholarship, that is as good as Packenham s book on the Boer War While this book is long, Packenham s writing drives the narrative along He also organized the book extremely well The chapters are chronological, moving from one part of Africa to another, so the narrative never drags Additionally, Packenham fleshed out the main characters in this saga in a way that makes themthree dimensional than is usually found in narrative histories of this type For This was a tremendous example of scholarship, that is as good as Packenham s book on the Boer War While this book is long, Packenham s writing drives the narrative along He also organized the book extremely well The chapters are chronological, moving from one part of Africa to another, so the narrative never drags Additionally, Packenham fleshed out the main characters in this saga in a way that makes themthree dimensional than is usually found in narrative histories of this type For me, the most compelling parts of this book were how the Germans acquired their pieces of the African continent and subsequently mismanaged their four colonies in a way which seems to foreshadow WW II The other compelling narrative was the creation of the Congo Free State, and Leopold II s efforts to maintain personal control in the face of worldwide condemnation over Belgian abuses in exploiting the rubber trade This ...I started this for the oddest of reasons the author is from my hometown sort of Thomas Pakenham is the 8th Earl of Longford, whose family seat is Tullynally Castle, a few kilometers west of Castlepollard, Co Westmeath Besides being an internationally renown historian, he s also an arborist and brother to the novelist Antonia Frasier.It looked to be a daunting read it s almost as thick as it is wide But it was brilliant Pakenham is a great writer witty as well as erudite, he personifies I started this for the oddest of reasons the author is from...Thomas Pakenham s sprawling story of the slicing up of a continent by European powers is fascinating, suitably large and well written The Scramble for Africa presents a panorama of villains and heroes, both white and black, but paints it with shades of gray Pakenham takes us all over the continent that the superpowers of the day despicably carved up at their whim with little thought about the human beings they were affecting People being people and therefore capable of evil no matter who th Thomas Pakenham s sprawling story of the slicing up of a continent by European powers is fascinating, suitably large and well written The Scramble for Africa presents a panorama of villains and heroes, both white and black, but paints it with shades of gray Pakenham takes us all over the continent that the superpowers of the day despicably carved up at their whim with little thought about the human beings they were affe...

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02 November 2018

Thomas Pakenham