书目

Scramble For Africa B

内容简介

In1880thecontinentofAfricawaslargelyunexploredbyEuropeans.Lessthanthirtyyearslater,onlyLiberiaandEthiopiaremainedunconqueredbythem.Therest-10millionsquaremileswith110millionbewilderednewsubjects-hadbeencarvedupbyfiveEuropeanpowers(andoneextraordinaryindividual)inthenameofCommerce,Christianity,'Civilization'andConquest.TheScrambleforAfricaisthefirstfull-scalestudyofthatextraordinaryepisodeinhistory.

作者简介

ThomasPakenhamistheauthorofTHEMOUNTAINSOFRASSELAS,THEYEAROFLIBERTYandTHEBOERWAR.HedivideshistimebetweenaterracedhouseInnNorthKensington,LondonandacrumblingcastleinIreland.HeismarriedtothewriterValeriePakenhamandtheyhavefourchildren.

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