Pakenham, Thomas,  1933- <br/><br/>
The scramble for Africa, 1876-1912 / 
Thomas Pakenham. 
 - London :  Weidenfeld & Nicolson,  1991. 
 - xix, 738 pp, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :  illu, maps ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 695-703), and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. The open path -- Leopold's crusade -- Three flags across Africa -- Two steps forward -- The crouching lion -- Ismael's dream of empire -- One step backward -- Saving the Bey -- Saving the Khedive -- pt. 2. The race begins -- The race for the pool -- Head in the clouds -- Hewett shows the flag -- Why Bismarck changed his mind -- Too late? -- Welcome to a Philanthropist -- pt. 3. Rights of conquest -- Gordon's head -- The Sultan's flag -- Cries from the heart -- Dr. Emin, I presume? -- Salisbury's bargain -- An insubordinate army -- A new rand? -- Msiri's mocking smile -- The flag follows the cross -- An ivory war -- Blank treaty forms on the Niger -- A lion's share -- Rhodes, raiders and rebels -- Calling Hanotaux's bluff -- The race to the middle of nowhere -- The Mahdi's tomb -- Milner's war -- pt. 4. Resistance and reform -- The severed hands -- The Kaiser's first war -- 'Maji-Maji!' -- Redeeming the French Congo -- Restoring Britain's 'Old ideals' -- Leopold's last throw. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780297811305 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9144388  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Colonization.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--History--1884-1918.<br/>Africa--History--To 1884.<br/>Africa--Colonization--History--19th century.<br/>Africa--Colonization--History--20th century.<br/>Europe--Colonies--History--Africa--19th century.<br/>Europe--Colonies--History--Africa--20th century.<br/>Afrique--Histoire--1884-1918.<br/>Afrique--Histoire--Jusqu'�a 1884.<br/>Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Africa  History, 1450-1960 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT28  / .P17