""An eminently readable and useful treatment of the military's role in the European colonialization . . . an interesting, sometimes fascinating, account of conflict in Africa . . . "" -Parameters
""There is no comparable work. None covers as broad a topic-the experience of colonial wars of all the imperial powers and at the same time a consideration of the African wars of resistance against the imperial attacks."" -William B. Cohen, Indiana University
This path-breaking work investigates the social, economic, and political impact of the European colonial wars in Africa on both the victors and the vanquished.
By:
Bruce Vandervort
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780253211781
ISBN 10: 0253211786
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 26 March 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Introduction: A Historiographical Revolution Chapter 1, Lords of the Land: Africans on the Eve of Conquest Chapter 2, Masters of the Water: The European Invaders Chapter 3, A Shifting Balance, 1830-1880 Chapter 4, Flood Tide, 1880-1898 Chapter 5, Ominous Portents, 1902-1914 Chapter 6, Legacies Bibliography
Bruce Vandervort is Associate Professor of Modern European and African History, Virginia Military Institute.
