The Scramble for Africa (Seminar Studies in History)

By Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain

In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth - Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia - was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the 'scramble'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582352045
• ISBN13: 9780582352049
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.4" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Ocean Transportation

Going off of memory, Chamberlain does a fine job of describing the ocean vessel / steamship business through the Suez canal and Gibraltar straights and how the exploitation of Africa really arose out of transportation technology improvements among the agressive colonizing states - hence the 'scramble'. This is nothing more than a primer. It is not about Africa - it's really about the 'Scramble' more than it is about Africa - like many books concerning Africa during the colonial period. Unfortunately very few written histories exists prior to the 1800s in sub-Saharan Africa.

Good Primer

This book is very concise and as such is a good start to understanding the Scramble for Africa.