Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #643487 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-23
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

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.