Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914


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Inhalt :: Content Online-Service mit Zugang zu einer umfangreichen Sammlung von Primärquellen, die die Epoche des sogenannten "Wettlaufs um Afrika" und die rasante koloniale Expansion europäischer Mächte auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent dokumentieren. Die Sammlung beleuchtet die tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen des europäischen Imperialismus auf die afrikanische Bevölkerung und die Zerstörung bestehender Strukturen. Zu den enthaltenen Materialien gehören u.a. Tagebücher, Journale und Skizzenbücher von Entdeckern, Missionaren und Kolonialbeamten, Regierungsdokumente und diplomatische Korrespondenz (z. B. die Akten des britischen Außenministeriums zur Berliner Kongokonferenz 1884/1885), Kartenmaterial, das die willkürlichen kolonialen Grenzziehungen veranschaulicht und visuelle Quellen wie historische Fotografien, Zeichnungen und frühes Filmmaterial. Die Materialien stammen aus weltweit renommierten Archiven wie den britischen National Archives, der British Library, der französischen Bibliothèque nationale de France und der Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Verlag :: Publisher Adam Matthew Digital
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Bestellnummer bei digento :: digento order number 109071

Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information The most extensive resource covering Africa in the age of new imperialism; a major period of colonial expansion that sent shockwaves throughout the continent, the effects of which are still felt today. Uncover the history of European colonisation and exploitation across the African continent drawing upon the rare printed works, diaries and journals, correspondence, maps, photographs, and film footage available within this resource. Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914 is an essential resource for researching Africa’s encounters with European imperialist regimes and their impact on the lives of peoples across the continent. Highlights Diaries, journals and sketch books from key figures including David Livingstone, John Kirk and James Augustus Grant, whose sketchbooks from his Nile expedition are illustrated with watercolours of landscapes and peoples he encountered Correspondence from Roger Casement and the resulting Casement Report which investigated, and confirmed, the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State under King Leopold II British Foreign Office files for the Berlin Conference, the event which ignited the spark of late-nineteenth century European imperialist efforts across Africa Correspondence, journals and reports from French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza that provide ingiht into his expeditions to the Congo Basin; and Brazza's 1905 investigation into injustice, forced labour and the brutality within the French Congo The papers, photographs and correspondence of Frederick Lugard, a British soldier and administrator in Africa, covering British involvement in East Africa and West Africa from the 1870s. Along with the papers of journalist and colonial commentator, Flora Shaw Period covered 1870-1914 Source archives Archives nationales d’outre-mer Bibliothèque nationale de France Bodleian Library, University of Oxford British Film Institute British Library National Library of Scotland Sanford Museum, Florida School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Senate House Library, University of London The National Archives, UK University of Birmingham Library Key themes Diplomacy Imperialism Race and ethnicity Religion and missionaries Resistance to colonialism Slavery and forced labour Technology and infrastructure War and violence