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The Scramble for Africa (book)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Originally published
  
1990

Genre
  
History

Preceded by
  
Boer War

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Publication date
  
1990

ISBN
  
0-349-10449-2

Author
  
Thomas Pakenham

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Followed by
  
Meetings with remarkable trees

Similar
  
Thomas Pakenham books, Africa books, History of Africa books

The Scramble for Africa is a comprehensive popular history of the Scramble for Africa written by Thomas Pakenham.

Contents

Content

One of the book's central themes is the contrast between the humanitarian motives of David Livingstone, and the profit-making of King Leopold II, and how the different people dealt with the conflict. The book addresses underlying motives and economics, without losing sight of the individuals whose personalities and actions drove much of the Scramble. It has been reprinted a number of times since its first appearance in 1990.

Awards

The book won the WH Smith Literary Award and the Alan Paton Award.

References

The Scramble for Africa (book) Wikipedia