Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa /
During the decades of empire (1870-1914), legendary heroes and their astonishing deeds of conquest gave imperialism a recognizable human face. Henry Morton Stanley, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Charles Gordon, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Hubert Lyautey all braved almost unimaginable dangers among &qu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Ahmanson foundation book in the humanities.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Henry Morton Stanley and the new journalism
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the making of the French Third Republic
- Charles Gordon, imperial saint
- The "Stanley craze"
- Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Fashoda, and the Dreyfus Affair
- Brazza and the scandal of the Congo
- Hubert Lyautey and the French seizure of Morocco.