Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
A Study in the 'New Imperialism'
Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
Reihe: Cambridge Commonwealth Series
ISBN: 978-0-521-10171-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In the 1870s Britain dominated the coast of east Africa by informal influence exerted from Zanzibar through the renowned consul-general, Sir John Kirk. This unchallenged position ended with the decision of Bismarck to back Carl Peters in his treaty-making activities and the mainland opposite Zanzibar was partitioned in 1886 into British and German spheres. The British government was not willing to assume the responsibility and expense involved in administration of its area of influence and it assigned control to the Imperial British East Africa Company headed by William Mackinnon. The company's life was short and inglorious. The government attributed its failure to the ineffectuality of Mackinnon and the Company's directors blamed the government for using the Company to advance political objects and not providing it with proper support. Professor Galbraith's book considers this episode in British Imperial History, the factors involved and Mackinnon's part in it. The book considers the interaction of Mackinnon and the government from the 1870s when his first efforts in east Africa were frustrated by Salisbury to the liquidation of the Company in the mid-1890s.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
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Preface; 1. The background; 2. Mackinnon and east Africa: prologue; 3. The scramble reaches Zanzibar 1878-1886; 4. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition; 5. The charter; 6. The Company begins operations 1888-1889; 7. The Anglo-German treaty and its aftermath; 8. The Uganda debacle 1890-1893; 9. The end of the Company; Bibliography; Index.
