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Acknowledgements | |
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Publisher's acknowledgements | |
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Chronology | |
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Who's who | |
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Glossary | |
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Maps | |
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The Problem | |
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Introduction | |
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The African Background | |
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Environmental factors | |
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Egypt | |
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Islam | |
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The slave trade | |
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Southern Africa | |
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The Victorian Image of Africa | |
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The influence of the slave trade | |
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Eighteenth century scientific interest | |
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Slave trade versus legitimate trade | |
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'Backward' Africa | |
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The missionaries | |
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Exploration and its consequences | |
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Analysis | |
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The British Occupation of Egypt, 1882 | |
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The Suez Canal | |
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Financial problems | |
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Military action begins | |
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The debate begins | |
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West Africa | |
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Quarrels with the Ashanti | |
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The challenge from the French | |
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The Niger | |
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King Leopold of the Belgians intervenes | |
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Portugal's claims | |
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The Berlin West Africa conference | |
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The Royal Niger Company | |
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The German challenge | |
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The Great Depression | |
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East Africa | |
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A new Australia | |
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The German challenge | |
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Strategy versus commerce | |
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South Africa | |
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The role of the Boers | |
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Bechuanaland | |
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Gold and diamonds | |
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'Rhodesia' | |
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Fashoda and the Anglo-French Agreements of 1904 | |
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Fashoda | |
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The 1904 agreements | |
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Assessment | |
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Conclusion | |
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Britain: Conservative and Liberal opinion | |
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Continental opinion too was divided | |
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The debate begins in earnest | |
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Lenin takes a hand | |
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The role of Africans | |
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Documents | |
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David Livingstone: humanitarian | |
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Commerce | |
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Africa as El Dorado | |
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Darkest Africa: fully developed racism | |
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Stanley's antipathy | |
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Suez Canal | |
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The Egyptian finances: Stephen Cave's report | |
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Divided opinions | |
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Egypt in international diplomacy | |
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Death of Gordon at Khartoum | |
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The desire to abandon responsibilities | |
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The fears of British traders | |
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The British government's reaction | |
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The Berlin West Africa conference lays down the 'rules' for the scramble | |
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The Royal Niger Company | |
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The Great Depression | |
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The mixture of economic and strategic arguments | |
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The 'little Englanders' stand on Uganda | |
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Cecil Rhodes | |
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The Rudd Concession | |
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The Colonial Office's doubts about the legality of the British South Africa Company's position | |
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The Fashoda incident | |
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The Anglo-French agreements of April 1904 | |
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J.A. Hobson | |
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V.I. Lenin | |
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Lord Cromer | |
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A modern rejection of traditional explanations of the partition | |
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Was the whole phenomenon economic after all? | |
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Appendix: European Colonial Background | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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References | |
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Index | |