Archives of Empire. Vol. 2, The scramble for Africa /

Tracing the British colonial enterprise in Africa during the great 'scramble' of the 19th century, this volume brings together key texts from the era of the Berlin Conference, Dr Livingston, & Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carter, Mia, Harlow, Barbara, 1948-2017
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2003-
Temas:
HISTORY > World.
HISTORY / Europe / General
British colonies.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > Sources.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > Sources.
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • General Introduction: Readings in Imperialism and Orientalism
  • Volume Introduction: The Scramble for Africa
  • I . THE BERLIN CONFERENCE 1885: MAKING/MAPPING HISTORY
  • Introduction: The Scramble for Africa: From the Conference at Berlin to the Incident at Fashoda
  • Chronology of Events
  • Africa in 1886: The Scramble Half Complete [map]
  • Africa after the Scramble, 1912 [map]
  • Africa 1898, with Charter Companies [map]
  • Excerpts from Heart of Darkness
  • Africa
  • General Act of the Conference of Berlin
  • ''The Black Baby'' (1894) [illustration]
  • International Rivalry and the Berlin Conference
  • ''The 'Irrepressible' Tourist'' (1885) [illustration]
  • Excerpt from ''The Modern Traveller''
  • The Fashoda Incident
  • Geography and Statecraft
  • ''Marchez! Marchand!'' (1898) [illustration]
  • Excerpt from Travels in Africa during the Years 1882-1886
  • ''Africa Shared Out'' (1899) [editorial with cartoon]
  • II. THE BODY POLITIC : RATIONALIZING RACE
  • Introduction: The Body Politic: Rationalizing Race
  • SLAVES
  • The African Slave Trade
  • William Pitt the Younger Indicts the Slave Trade and Forsees a Liberated Africa
  • The Nigger Question
  • The Noble Savage
  • SPECIES
  • Moral and Intellectual Characteristics of the Three Great Varieties
  • Struggle for Existence
  • On the Formation of the Races of Man
  • Excerpt from ''Darwin''
  • Comparative Physiognomy
  • Excerpts from The Future of Science
  • SELF-GOVERNANCE
  • Nation-Making
  • The Primitive Man--Intellectual
  • The Principles of the Relations of Our Civilization to the Tropics
  • Excerpts from Kafir Socialism
  • How the Leopard Got His Spots
  • III. THE POLITICAL CORPS
  • THE MISSION
  • Introduction: The Mission: Christianity, Civilization, and Commerce
  • Excerpts from Salvation Army Songs
  • Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures
  • Excerpts from How I Found Livingstone
  • Livingstone's Journeys, 1841-1856 [map]
  • Preparing the Empire: Livingstone and Stanley in Central Africa
  • In Memory of Dr. Livingstone
  • Dr. Livingstone
  • Influence of Christianity upon Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races
  • The Bishop and the Philosopher
  • Excerpts from The Surplus
  • Excerpts from The Salvation Army British Empire Exhibition Handbook
  • The Administration: Lugard and the royal niger company
  • Introduction: Inheritors of Empire, Agents of Change: Lord Lugard and Mary Kingsley
  • Royal Charter Granted to the National African Company, Later Called the Royal Niger Company
  • Selected Correspondence: The Royal Niger Company
  • Exerpts from The Diaries of Lord Lugard: Nigeria
  • Duties of Political Officers and Miscellaneous Subjects
  • Excerpts from The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa
  • The Clash of Cultures
  • A Letter to the Editor of ''The New Africa''
  • Excerpts from A Tropical Dependency
  • The Administration: Cecil J. Rhodes And The British South Africa Company
  • INTRODUCTION Cecil J. Rhodes: Colossus or Caricature?
  • Excerpt from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland
  • ''The Rhodes Colossus'' (1892) [illustration]
  • ''My Career Is Only Beginning!'' (1896) [illustration]
  • ''South Africa before and after Cecil Rhodes'' (1896) [map]
  • We Abandon Hope
  • My Uncle's Gift Is Many Times Multiplied
  • Excerpts from The Speeches of Cecil Rhodes 1881-1900
  • Excerpts from Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa
  • Personal Reminiscences of Mr. Rhodes
  • The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes
  • The Burial
  • IV. CRISES OF EMPIRE
  • Gordon at Khartoum
  • Introduction: Gordon at Khartoum: From Cavil to Catastrophe
  • Chronology of Events
  • Excerpts from The Journals of Major-General C. G. Gordon, C. B. at Kartoum
  • ''At Last!'' (1885) [illustration]
  • ''Too Late!'' (1885) [illustration]
  • Letters to Mary Gordon
  • The End of General Gordon
  • Relief Expedition
  • Excerpts from Gordon at Khartoum
  • The Desertion of General Gordon
  • Excerpt from In Relief of Gordon
  • Excerpt from Fire and Sword in the Sudan
  • The Siege and Fall of Khartum
  • Act the Fifth: The End
  • ''Fuzzy-Wuzzy''
  • The Graphic Christmas Number, 1887
  • ''Gordon's Dream--The Martyr-Hero of Khartoum'' (1887) [illustration]
  • The Anglo-Boer war
  • Introduction: The Boer War: Accusations and Apologias
  • Excerpt from An English-South African's View of the Situation
  • ''Across the Dark Continent'' (1899) [illustration]
  • Excerpt from A History of the Transvaal
  • Political Position in Cape Colony
  • The Absent-Minded Beggar
  • Mr Thomas Atkins
  • D. F. Advertiser. Kimberley, friday, february 16, 1900
  • Excerpt from Report of a Visit to the Camps of Women and Children in the Cape and Orange River Colonies
  • Excerpt from What I Remember
  • Prisoners of War
  • Methods of Barbarism
  • Suggestions for a New Departure
  • Further Charges against British Troops
  • Excerpt from Hague Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 29 July 1899
  • Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902
  • The Congo
  • Introduction: The Congo: Abominations and Denunciations
  • The Congo State
  • The Congo Report
  • The 1903 Diary
  • An Open Letter to Roger Casement
  • Native Life under Congo State Rule
  • Excerpts from History of the Congo Reform Movement
  • An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II
  • King Leopold's Soliloquy
  • Excerpts from The Crime of the Congo
  • ''The Guilt of Delay'' (1909) [illustration]
  • INDEX

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