Heroes of Empire Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa

Name: Heroes of Empire Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa
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ISBN: 9780520272583

ISBN-10: 0520272587

ISBN-13: 9780520272583

Edition: 2011

Authors: Edward Berenson

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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 "savage" people for their nation's greater good. This vastly readable book, the first comparative history of colonial heroes in Britain and France, shows via unforgettable portraits the shift from public veneration of the peaceful conqueror to unbridled passion for the vanquishing hero. Edward Berenson argues that these five men transformed the imperial steeplechase of those years into a powerful…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List Of Illustrations


Acknowlegments


Introduction



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


Epilogue


notes


INDEX