From slave trade to empire
Subtitle: European colonisation of Black Africa, 1780s-1880s
By: edited by Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau.
Contributors: Pétré-Grenouilleau, Olivier.
Series: Routledge studies in modern European history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Colonization.; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- To 1884.
Description: "Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial subject by focusing on Europe and a range of empire-building states, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The chapters in this volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.