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The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912
by Pakenham, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0380719991
- ISBN 13
- 9780380719990
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Avon, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright 1991, this copy is a first printing of the 1992 Avon trade paperback edition. Includes b&w illustrations (21 maps, two sections of photos on plates, and a few cartoons and engravings), plus a Chronology, list of Sources, Select Bibliography, Notes, and an Index. Clearly used, rubbed and worn, but still Very Good: slightly cupped and uncreased spine, previous owner's name written inside front cover, toned pages with some reading wear. No other markings.
Synopsis
In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pulp & Circumstance
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000876
- Title
- The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912
- Author
- Pakenham, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0380719991
- ISBN 13
- 9780380719990
- Publisher
- Avon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 738
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Africa;
- X weight
- 0 lbs
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P&C strives to ensure that all items are clean and fairly described. Packages will be wrapped with care and dispatched as soon as feasible, usually on the next business day.
We do not use stock photos. All our photos are of the actual item offered for sale. We try to include the publishers' own descriptions of content by including photos of dust jacket flaps and back covers so far as they seem useful, and we also use photos to show material flaws where we can.
The "Pulp & Circumstance" watermark you might notice in some of our photos does not, of course, appear on any of the items themselves.
Please note that the colour in our photos often fails to come out right. The hue shifts a bit due to the limitations of our equipment, the lighting in our workshop, and of course my own lack of photographic expertise.
Shipping costs per book are always cheaper when more than one book is sent in the same package. Read more about shipping charges in "Terms of Sale" below.
Feel free to ask any questions you might have by email. We will usually respond within 24 hours. Happy browsing!
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